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competent reader. However, it should never be allowed to<br />
happen that the reader carries on the reading all by<br />
himself/herself and no member of the congregation or the<br />
family is listening in to the reading … Placing a pitcher,<br />
ceremonial clarified butter fed lamp, coconut, etc. around,<br />
during the course of the uninterrupted or any other reading<br />
of Guru Granth Sahib, or reading of other Scriptural texts<br />
side by side with or in the course of such reading is contrary<br />
to the gurmat (Guru’s way).<br />
What can be clearer than this 1. Akhandpaths should be<br />
performed only on rare occasions. 2. <strong>The</strong>re is no provision<br />
for a string of akhandpaths, one after the other for a whole<br />
month, as Yuba City, California does before its annual event<br />
of ‘display’ of SGGS on a float in the manner of Hindus<br />
displaying the stone image of their favourite god or goddess<br />
(darshan) once a year; 3. or simultaneous multiple<br />
akhandpaths in the same room at the same time as is being<br />
done at Baru Sahib at its school in Himachal Pardesh and at<br />
the world’s most expensive Gurdwara in Southall, England<br />
where many glass faced cubbyholes to perform multiple<br />
akhandpaths are lined up on either side of the main parkash<br />
of SGGS; 4. or reading from a pothi as the akhandpath is<br />
going on as the Nanaksarias and perhaps many deras do.<br />
Almost all of them place butter-fed lamp, coconut and pitcher<br />
of water beside the SGGS to turn it into ‘amrit’ without<br />
thinking how could water be affected by the reading of<br />
SGGS when it has no effect on them. Akhandpaths have<br />
been turned into fund raising rituals having no religious<br />
value. Senior granthis also pull rank in scheduling their turn<br />
at reading. <strong>The</strong>y prefer the time when no one would be<br />
present to listen. This way they do not have to read loud and<br />
clear or not read at all.<br />
After the Oct. 2003 Mohali conference we urged our<br />
congregation to follow rehat Maryada, especially when it<br />
comes to akhandpaths and borrow Prof. Sahib Singh’s ten<br />
volume ‘SGGS DARPAN’ from us to do sadharan path<br />
themselves while understanding its meaning. Our own<br />
granthis spread the rumour that we are against akhandpaths.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y did the same thing when in 2004 we stopped the<br />
recitation of Chaupai which is part of ‘triachritar’ #404 of<br />
‘Chritropakhyan’ in the so called ‘Dasam Granth’. Even<br />
Akal Takhat ‘Jathedar’ acknowledges that ‘Chritropakhyan’<br />
is not the bani of Guru Gobind Singh. 1 That was propagated<br />
as us having no respect for SGGS. No Gurdwara reform is<br />
possible without first completely purging most of our<br />
current crop of granthis and kirtanias and at the same time<br />
creating institutions to prepare a fresh cadre of persons<br />
knowledgeable about the correct meaning of Gurbani. We<br />
are supposed to have no priestly order but we do have priests<br />
and as long as present system of Gurdwara service stays in<br />
vogue we will need granthis to do ‘parkash’ and ‘sukhasan’.<br />
So we might as well train them properly and make the proper<br />
understanding of Gurbani meaning mandatory for a granthi.<br />
Not too long ago at a family wedding I was asked to thank<br />
the guests. Noticing a large number of young people born in<br />
this country present in the audience (during normal Sunday<br />
services young people are conspicuous by their absence) I<br />
chose to address them. First I made a confession that just as<br />
our parents failed us about our faith we have failed them;<br />
that there is not a single Gurdwara (including ours in<br />
Roseville) where Gurbani parchar is taking place; that they<br />
are fortunate to be living in a truly free society where they<br />
do not have to unquestionably follow the rituals and beliefs<br />
that are wrong but have become traditions. <strong>The</strong>n I told them<br />
about the unique simplicity and universality of the message<br />
in Guru Granth Sahib; that Guru asks them to do three<br />
things and not do two. Three things the Guru asks them to<br />
do are: kirt karo, wand chhako and naam japo i.e. do honest<br />
work, share the fruit of your honest labour with the less<br />
fortunate and always remember your Creator. Two things<br />
that the Guru does not want you to do are: do not consume<br />
that substance which is harmful to your body and do not do<br />
any thing that you will later regret. It was very heartening<br />
when several young people commended me for saying what<br />
I said. But later that evening at the reception I was<br />
approached by another young person who assured me not all<br />
Gurdwaras are lost cause. <strong>The</strong>ir Gurdwara teaches them<br />
about Gurbani. Who says ignorance is not bliss!<br />
Misinformation about Gurbani is a malady that afflicts us<br />
all, laymen as well as the experts. One of the most<br />
remarkable things about our Gurus was that there was no<br />
difference in their ‘kathni’ and ‘karni’ i.e. words and<br />
deeds. That is not the case with us or with our professional<br />
religious leaders. In the Panjabi section 2 Giani Jagtar Singh<br />
Jachak has extracted some quotes from Sant Singh<br />
Maskeen’s last book. Any one reading this would be in<br />
complete agreement with Maskeen Ji. Yes, 95% (or even<br />
more) of the Gurdwaras are under the control of selfish<br />
political types who have no knowledge of Gurbani. Yes,<br />
90% (or even more) derawala sadhs are ignorant of Gurmat.<br />
But we know that Maskeen Ji lived a lie his entire life, his<br />
posthumous award of ‘Gurmat Vidya Martand’ from<br />
SGPC not withstanding. He spent his entire life in doing<br />
katha in precisely those Gurdwaras that were managed by<br />
the ‘ignorant about Gurbani political types’. Knowledgeable<br />
people did not extend to him the invitation. He spent his<br />
entire life visiting the Thaths of Nanaksaria Thug ‘Sant<br />
Baba’ Amar Singh Barundi, who is not only ignorant about<br />
Gurbani but also a congenital liar and world class con artist,<br />
even after he was personally made aware of Amar Singh’s<br />
despicable conduct by his victims. For his life long support<br />
Amar Singh rewarded him and his son with green cards<br />
through his Florida thath in 2004. Any one even remotely<br />
familiar with Gurbani would know that Maskeen Ji regulary<br />
blemished it with Hindu mythihas 3 . He became a sworn<br />
enemy of Giani Bhag Singh 1 , a rare individual with courage<br />
of his conviction.<br />
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Another person in Maskeen Ji’s company is former Akal<br />
Takhat ‘Jathedar’ Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa, himself<br />
brought up at that blemish on <strong>Sikh</strong>i, Nanaksar. He was there<br />
when Amar Singh arrived at Nanaksar at age 8 and perhaps<br />
present, just as Harbans Singh Jaghadhari was, when ‘Sant<br />
Baba’ Isher Singh expelled Amar Singh from Nanaksar for<br />
his immoral conduct. In Dec. 1996 Harbans Singh Jaghadhari<br />
joined every other kirtania in Panjab to do kirtan for Amar<br />
Singh at a ‘rented’ Gurdwara in Jallandhar to honour the<br />
newly installed Akal Takhat ‘Jathedar’ Ranjit Singh. By 2004<br />
Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa also threw in his towel and<br />
joined Maskeen Ji and others at Amar Singh’s dera in Hays,<br />
UK to perform kirtan. Amar Singh projects himself as 13 th<br />
Guru Nanak, after Nand Singh and Isher Singh. In his<br />
interview with <strong>The</strong> Spokesman Weekly, published in its<br />
monthly issue of April 2003 under the heading, “For the<br />
good of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, politicians must be ousted from Gurdwara<br />
administration”, Prof. Darshan Singh derides both the<br />
‘pseudo claimants to Guruship' and the politicians. Yet like<br />
Maskeen he patronized both his entire life.<br />
Non <strong>Sikh</strong>s, scholars and laymen alike, seem to have better<br />
appreciation of the treasure of Gurbani that we inherited by<br />
virtue of our birth in a <strong>Sikh</strong> household. 4<br />
1. "Yes, it has the capability, (of guiding mankind)<br />
but the <strong>Sikh</strong>s have not brought out in the broad<br />
daylight, the splendid doctrines of this religion<br />
which has come into existence for the benefit of<br />
the entire mankind. This is their greatest sin and<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong>s cannot be freed of it." Bertrand Russell.<br />
2. Did you know that they believed in Democracy,<br />
freedom of speech, choice, expression, freedom of<br />
religion, pluralism, human rights, equality between<br />
men and women, equality of all people regardless<br />
of race, religion, caste, creed, status etc. 300 years<br />
before the existence of the USA... In their holy<br />
book, there is a round earth, water is made from<br />
chemical elements, and there is even mention of<br />
the evolution process, big bang and life on other<br />
planets!<br />
What goes on in a typical Gurdwara setting during the<br />
religious service We walk in, bow before the SGGS, make<br />
our offering, in many cases make an offering to the kirtani<br />
jatha or the kathakar, take parsaad, sit down to listen to<br />
whatever is going on at that time, even if the speaker is dead<br />
wrong in whatever he is saying and some of us know it we<br />
stay silent, stand up for ardaas, listen to the order of the day<br />
which most of us do not understand and most of the time<br />
granthis do not explain it either for lack of time or<br />
knowledge, take parsaad, eat Langar, chat and leave. If you<br />
know of a Gurdwara that is different than this we would like<br />
to know. That was precisely the sequence of events when a<br />
friend took an American Christian friend of his to a<br />
Gurdwara in Los Angeles some years back:<br />
“Many years ago a Christian friend accompanied me to<br />
Vermont Gurdwara in Los Angeles. After a hearty langer he<br />
enquired, “How do you teach religious and ethical values<br />
especially to children if the religious service consists of<br />
only singings hymns” <strong>The</strong> question has haunted me ever<br />
since. We are now wondering why our younger generation<br />
is not following <strong>Sikh</strong> religion. Recently a <strong>Sikh</strong> college<br />
student asked, after reading the translation of Benti<br />
Chaupai from the Rehras, if Gurbani says we have no<br />
enemy and no one is stranger to us, we get along with all,<br />
then why is the guru praying for God to kill all his enemies<br />
one by one How are we to explain daily recitation of such<br />
contradicting spurious Banis to our enquiring children” 5<br />
Talking about the function of a Gurdwara, <strong>The</strong><br />
Encyclopaedia of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism 6 states: <strong>The</strong> Gurdwara also<br />
serves as a community centre, a school, a guest house for<br />
pilgrims and travelers, occasionally a clinic, and a base<br />
for local charitable activities. It is some times true, in<br />
some Gurdwaras, at some occasions, for some of these<br />
activities. As a general rule Gurdwaras shy away from nonreligious<br />
activities. Bhangra and Giddha associated with<br />
Punjabi mela at Vaisakhi are generally shunned. But<br />
Gurbani says:<br />
nwnk siqguir ByitAY pUrI hovY jugiq ]<br />
hsMidAw KylμidAw pYnμidAw KwvMidAw ivcy hovY mukiq ]2]<br />
mÚ 5 ] pM: 522<br />
O Nanak, meeting the True Guru, one comes to know the<br />
Perfect Way. While laughing, playing, dressing and eating,<br />
he is liberated. ||2||<br />
Instead of multiple Gurdwaras a well equipped <strong>Sikh</strong> Center<br />
that looks after both the religious as well as cultural needs of<br />
the community would be more efficient use of resources and<br />
serve our younger generation better.<br />
Like us, the Mormon Church also does not have a priestly<br />
class. But unlike us, they have a strong missionary training<br />
program for its members. “Every Wednesday, more than<br />
200 young people arrive, bid goodbye to their parents, and<br />
settle in for four to eleven weeks. <strong>The</strong>y are taught how to<br />
speak to a stranger about faith and salvation and to do it in<br />
any of 47 languages before they are sent for two years to<br />
locations far from their homes. This is the Missionary<br />
Training Center of the Mormon Church, an efficient<br />
religious engine that has helped propel the Church of Jesus<br />
Christ of Latter-day Saints into a global faith, 10.4 million<br />
strong”. (New York Times).<br />
We too have missionary training centers but none outside of<br />
India. <strong>The</strong>y produce only Panjabi speaking missionaries<br />
who cannot communicate with our young people. News is<br />
circulating on the internet about a new ‘Sant Baba’ on the<br />
Canadian scene. ‘Sant’ Ranjit Singh Dhadriwala has<br />
caused traffic jams and over flow crowds in Toronto,<br />
Calgary and Vancouver. We are told that during a three day<br />
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program at one Gurdwara, the Gurdwara’s take was<br />
$90,000.00. What would be the ‘Sant’s’ take When are we<br />
going to learn a better way to spend our community’s<br />
resources Would we live to see that day<br />
Hardev Singh Shergill<br />
1. mskIn jI dw igAwnI Bwg isMG nwl DoKw p25<br />
2.<br />
mskIn jI dw kOm nUM AwKrI snyhw p24<br />
3 Giani Sant Singh Maskeen 15<br />
4. <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, a Universal World Faith p.5<br />
5. SB March 2004 Guest Editorial by Gurpal Singh Khaira<br />
6. p.4<br />
*****<br />
GURDWARA<br />
[From <strong>The</strong> Encyclopaedia of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism]<br />
GURDWARA, lit. the Guru's portal or the Guru's abode, is<br />
the name given to a <strong>Sikh</strong> place of worship. <strong>The</strong> common<br />
translation of the term as temple is not satisfactory for, their<br />
faith possessing no sacrificial symbolism, <strong>Sikh</strong>s have neither<br />
idols nor altars in their holy places. <strong>The</strong>y have no sacraments<br />
and no priestly order. <strong>The</strong> essential feature of a gurdwara is<br />
the presiding presence in it of <strong>Sikh</strong> Scripture, the Guru<br />
Granth Sahib. Ending the line of personal Gurus, Guru<br />
Gobind Singh, Nanak X, had installed the sacred volume in<br />
1708 as his eternal successor. <strong>The</strong> Holy Book has since been<br />
the Guru for the <strong>Sikh</strong>s and it must reign over all <strong>Sikh</strong> places<br />
of worship where religious ceremony focusses around it. <strong>The</strong><br />
basic condition for a <strong>Sikh</strong> place to be so known is the<br />
installation in it of the Guru Granth Sahib. Every <strong>Sikh</strong> place<br />
by that token is the house of the Guru. Hence the name<br />
Gurdwara (gur+dwara= the guru's door).<br />
A second characteristic of a gurdwara is its being a public<br />
place open to all devotees to pray individually or to assemble<br />
in congregation. Its external distinguishing mark is the<br />
Nishan Sahib or the <strong>Sikh</strong> flag, saffron or blue in colour, that<br />
flies day and night atop the building, or, more often, separately<br />
close to it. In early <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, the place used for<br />
congregational prayers was called dharamsala, the abode of<br />
dharma, from the modern usage which generally limits the<br />
term to a resting place. According to the janam Sakhis, Guru<br />
Nanak wherever he went, called upon his followers to<br />
establish dharamsalas and congregate in them to repeat<br />
God's Name, and to recite His praise. He himself established<br />
one at Kartarpur on the bank of the river Ravi where he<br />
settled down at the end of his extensive preaching tours. "I<br />
have set up a dharamsal of truth," sang Guru Arjan (1563-<br />
1606). "I seek the <strong>Sikh</strong>s of the Guru (to congregate therein)<br />
so that I may serve them and bow at their feel" (GG, 73). In<br />
the time of Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), dharamsals began<br />
to be called gurdwaras.<br />
<strong>The</strong> change of nomenclature was significant. Guru Arjan had<br />
compiled in 1604 a Book, pothi or granth (later Guru Granth<br />
Sahib) of holy hymns. Besides his own, he had included in it<br />
the compositions of his four spiritual predecessors and of<br />
some of the Indian saints and sufis. "<strong>The</strong> pothi is the abode<br />
of the Divine," said he (GG, 1226). This first copy of the<br />
Granth he installed in the central <strong>Sikh</strong> shrine, the<br />
Harimandar, at Amritsar. Copies of the Granth began to be<br />
piously transcribed. <strong>The</strong> devotees carried them on their<br />
heads for installation in their respective dharamsals.<br />
Reverently, the Book was called the Granth Sahib and was<br />
treated as a sacred embodiment of the Gurus' revealed<br />
utterances. <strong>The</strong> dharamsal where Granth Sahib was kept<br />
came to be called gurdwara. <strong>The</strong> designation became<br />
universal after the guruship passed to the holy Book,<br />
although the central shrine at Amrilsar continued to be<br />
called Harimandar or Darbar Sahib.<br />
During the second half of the eighteenth century and after,<br />
as the <strong>Sikh</strong>s acquired territory, gurdwaras sprang up in most<br />
of the <strong>Sikh</strong> habitations and on sites connected with the lives<br />
of the Gurus and with events in <strong>Sikh</strong> history. Most of the<br />
historical gurdwaras were endowed by the ruling chiefs and<br />
nobility intentioned philanthropy, however, in many cases<br />
led to the rise of hereditary priesthood, which was brought<br />
to an end through a sustained agitation culminating in<br />
securing from the Punjab Legislative Council legislation<br />
called the <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurdwaras Act, 1925, providing for the<br />
management of the major historical <strong>Sikh</strong> shrines by a body<br />
known as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee<br />
elected through adult franchise under government auspices.<br />
This kind of democratic control is a unique ecclesiastical<br />
feature. Most of the shrines not covered by the Gurdwaras<br />
Act are administered by committees chosen by local<br />
sangats. Men and women of good standing in the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
community may be elected to the gurdwara committee and<br />
anyone, male or female, may become president. As<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism has no priesthood, the Shiromani Gurdwara<br />
Parbandhak Committee provides guidance to the community<br />
in religious matters.<br />
<strong>The</strong> main function of the Gurdwara is to provide <strong>Sikh</strong>s with<br />
a meeting-place for worship. This mainly consists of<br />
listening to the words of the Guru Granth Sahib, singing<br />
them to musical accompaniment and hearing them<br />
expounded in katha, or lectures and sermons. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gurdwara also serves as a community centre, a school, a<br />
guest house for pilgrims and travellers, occasionally a<br />
clinic, and a base for local charitable activities. Apart from<br />
morning and evening services, the gurdwaras hold special<br />
congregations to mark important anniversaries on the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
calendar. <strong>The</strong>y become scenes of much eclat and festivity<br />
when celebrations in honour of the birth anniversaries of the<br />
Gurus and of the Khalsa take place. <strong>The</strong> aspect of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism<br />
most closely associated with the gurdwara, other than<br />
worship, is the institution of Guru ka Langar or free<br />
community kitchen which encourages commensality. Seva<br />
or voluntary service in Guru ka Langar is considered by<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s a pious duty.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Gurdwara and its hospitality are open to non-<strong>Sikh</strong>s as<br />
well as to members of the faith. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> rahit maryada or<br />
code of conduct, however, contains certain rules pertaining to<br />
them. For example, no one should enter the gurdwara<br />
premises with one's shoes on or with head uncovered. Other<br />
rules in the rahit Maryada concern the conduct of religious<br />
service and reverence due to the Guru Granth Sahib. Rules<br />
also prohibit discrimination in the sangat on the basis of<br />
religion, caste, sex or social position, and the observation of<br />
idolatrous and superstitious practices.<br />
Unlike the places of worship in some other religious systems,<br />
gurdwara buildings do not have to conform to any set<br />
architectural design. <strong>The</strong> only established requirement is the<br />
installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, under a canopy or in a<br />
canopied seat, usually on a platform higher than the floor on<br />
which the devotees sit, and a tall <strong>Sikh</strong> pennant atop the<br />
building. Lately, more and more gurdwaras have been<br />
having buildings imitating more or less the Harimandar pattern,<br />
a mixture of Indo-Persian architecture. Most of them<br />
have square halls, stand on a higher plinth, have entrances on<br />
all four sides, and have square or octagonal domed sanctums<br />
usually in the middle. During recent decades, to meet the<br />
requirements of larger gatherings, bigger and better ventilated<br />
assembly halls with the sanctum at one end have become<br />
accepted style. <strong>The</strong> location of the sanctum, more often than<br />
not, is such as to allow space for circumambulation.<br />
Sometimes, to augment the space, verandahs are built to skirt<br />
the hall. Popular model for the dome is the ribbed lotus<br />
topped by an ornamental pinnacle. Arched copings, kiosks<br />
and solid domelets are used for exterior decorations. For<br />
functions other than purely religious, a Gurdwara complex<br />
must provide, in the same or adjacent compound, for Guru ka<br />
Langar and accommodation for pilgrims.<br />
*****<br />
SIKHISM, A UNIVERSAL WORLD FAITH<br />
[<strong>The</strong> following is from a hand out prepared by Amarjit Singh<br />
ED.]<br />
In this hand out I have taken some of the stories of people<br />
who have embraced <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. My reason for doing this is to<br />
inspire our own people as we know nothing of our own<br />
religion and all we want to do is drink and smoke and sleep<br />
around and stab our so called friends in the back. That is no<br />
life at all.<br />
Western Writers' thinking about <strong>Sikh</strong>ism and Gurbani:<br />
1) Miss Pearl S. Buck, a noble laureate, while giving her<br />
comments on the English Translation of Guru Granth Sahib,<br />
wrote, "I have studied the scripture of great religions, but I do<br />
not find elsewhere the same power of appeal to the heart and<br />
mind as I find here in these volumes. <strong>The</strong>y are compact in<br />
spite of their length and are a revelation of the vast reaches of<br />
the human heart varying from the most noble concept of God<br />
to the recognition and indeed the insistence upon the practical<br />
needs of the human body. <strong>The</strong>re is something strangely<br />
modern about these scriptures and this puzzled me. Perhaps<br />
this sense of unity is the source of power I find in these<br />
volumes. <strong>The</strong>y speak to the people of any religion or of<br />
none. <strong>The</strong>y speak for the human heart and the searching<br />
mind."<br />
2) H. L. Bradshaw, a well known professor, after<br />
thoroughly studying the philosophy of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism observed<br />
that <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is a universal world faith, a message for all<br />
men. This is amply demonstrated in the writings of the<br />
Gurus. <strong>Sikh</strong>s must cease to think of their faith as "just<br />
another good religion" and must begin to think in terms of<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism as being the religion for this new age. <strong>The</strong> religion<br />
preached by Guru Nanak is the faith of New Age. It<br />
completely supplants and fulfils all the former dispensations<br />
of older religions. Books must be written proving this. <strong>The</strong><br />
other religions also contain the truth, but <strong>Sikh</strong>ism<br />
contains the fullness of truth. Bradshaw also says that Guru<br />
Granth Sahib of all the world religions alone states that<br />
there are innumerable worlds and universes other than our<br />
own. <strong>The</strong> previous scriptures were all concerned only with<br />
this world and its spiritual counterpart. To imply that they<br />
spoke of other worlds as does the Guru Granth Sahib is to<br />
stretch their obvious meaning out of context. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
religion is truly the answer to the problems of modern man.<br />
Archer very rightly commented that, "<strong>The</strong> religion of the<br />
Adi Granth is a universal and practical religion....Due to<br />
ancient prejudice of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s it could not spread in the<br />
world. <strong>The</strong> world today needs its message of peace and<br />
love."<br />
3) Dorothy Field writes: Pure <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is far above<br />
dependence on Hindu ritual and is capable of a distinct<br />
position as a world religion as long as <strong>Sikh</strong>s maintain their<br />
distinctiveness. <strong>The</strong> religion is also one which should appeal<br />
to the occidental mind. It is essentially a practical religion.<br />
If judges from the pragmatically standpoint - a favourite in<br />
some quarters - it would rank almost FIRST IN THE<br />
WORLD (Emphasis by the author). Of no other religion can<br />
it be said that it has made a nation in so short a time. Field<br />
further observed: <strong>The</strong> religion of <strong>Sikh</strong>s is one of the most<br />
interesting at present existing in India, possibly indeed in<br />
the whole world. A reading of the Granth strongly suggests<br />
that <strong>Sikh</strong>ism should be regarded as a new and separate<br />
world religion rather than a reformed sect of Hinduism.<br />
4) Arnold Toynbee, a historian who has done much work<br />
in comparing cultures writes: Mankind's religious future<br />
may be obscure, yet one thing can be foreseen. <strong>The</strong> living<br />
higher religions are going to influence each other more than<br />
ever before, in the days of increasing communications<br />
between all parts of the world and branches of the human<br />
race. In this coming religious debate, the <strong>Sikh</strong> religious<br />
debate, the <strong>Sikh</strong> religion and its scriptures, the Adi Granth,<br />
will have something special of value to say to the rest of the<br />
world. In other words, it is not only <strong>Sikh</strong>s who see that<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism unlike most other religions is a philosophy which<br />
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has validity for all cultures but non-<strong>Sikh</strong> writers also endorse<br />
this view.<br />
5) Dr.W.O.Cole, Chairman Consultant, Religious Education<br />
Projects, U.K. has written half dozen books on <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. In<br />
1985, he visited India where communal disturbances had<br />
created a virtual turmoil and thousands of people had been<br />
killed. He gave a message to Punjabis (through them to the<br />
whole of humanity): Remember the tenets of Guru Nanak,<br />
his concepts of oneness of God and Universal Brotherhood of<br />
man. If any community holds the key to the national<br />
integration of India, it is the <strong>Sikh</strong>s all the way. After a key<br />
note lecture by him on the "Mission and Message of Guru<br />
Nanak" he was asked what drew him to the study of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism.<br />
He replied, "<strong>The</strong>ologically, I can not answer this question.<br />
You may call it the purpose of God. But to be more specific,<br />
the unique concept of Universality and the system of Langar<br />
(free community meal) in <strong>Sikh</strong>ism are the two features that<br />
attracted me to the study of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. Langar is the exclusive<br />
feature of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism and found nowhere else in the world.<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism is the only religion which welcomes each and<br />
everyone to the Langar without any discrimination of caste,<br />
creed, colour or sex."<br />
6) Bertrand Russell is the man who destroyed Christianity<br />
(same applies to Islam and Judaism) and exposed its<br />
absurdities; but even this great man got stuck when it came to<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism! In fact he gave up and said "that if some lucky men<br />
survive the onslaught of the third world war of atomic and<br />
hydrogen bombs, then the <strong>Sikh</strong> religion will be the only<br />
means of guiding them. Russell was asked that he was talking<br />
about the third world war, but isn't this religion capable of<br />
guiding mankind before the third world war In reply,<br />
Russell said, "Yes, it has the capability, but the <strong>Sikh</strong>s have<br />
not brought out in the broad daylight, the splendid<br />
doctrines of this religion which has come into existence for<br />
the benefit of the entire mankind. This is their greatest sin<br />
and the <strong>Sikh</strong>s cannot be freed of it."<br />
7) <strong>The</strong> opinion of some Hindu mystics also need to be quoted<br />
to know their experiences with <strong>Sikh</strong> faith. Swami Nitya<br />
Nand (expired at the age of 135 years) writes in his books<br />
"Gur Gian": I, in the company of my Guru, Brahma Nand Ji<br />
went to Mathra...while on pilgrimage tour, we reached<br />
Punjab and there "We met Swami Satya Nand Udasi. He<br />
explained the philosophy and religious practices of Nanak in<br />
such way that Swami Brahma Nand Ji enjoyed a mystic lore.<br />
During the visit to Golden Temple, Amritsar, his soul was so<br />
much affected that he became a devotee of the Guru. After<br />
spending some time in the Punjab, he went to Hardwar.<br />
Though he was hail and hearty, one day I saw tears in his<br />
eyes. I asked the reason for that. He replied, I sifted sand the<br />
whole of my life. <strong>The</strong> truth was in the house of Guru Nanak.<br />
I will have to take one more birth in that house, only then<br />
will I attain Kalyan." After saying that, the soul left his body.<br />
Swami Nitya Nand also wrote of his own experience: I also<br />
constantly meditate on WaheGuru revealed by Guru Nanak. I<br />
practiced Yoga Asanas under the guidance of Yogis and did<br />
that for many years. <strong>The</strong> bliss and peace that I enjoy now<br />
had never been attained earlier.<br />
Why <strong>Sikh</strong>ism By Jaswinder Singh<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism is a modern, scientific, and practical religious way<br />
of life. It advocates active life of a GRAHSTI (House-<br />
Holder) life in a classless and casteless society. My focus<br />
was to highlight how <strong>Sikh</strong>s living in a western society have<br />
to deal with problematic issues, where certain western<br />
values don’t blend with <strong>Sikh</strong> religious principles. I also<br />
brought up the point that I was "lucky" to know of the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
religion, which helped guide my decisions, but<br />
unfortunately many of today’s young grow up ignorant to<br />
what <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is. Below I have listed 11 points why I think<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism is the best religion in the world, and what it has to<br />
offer to <strong>Sikh</strong>s and to the world, and why <strong>Sikh</strong>s should not<br />
abandon their faith, but strive harder to understand it,<br />
learn about it, and they will realize once they do, that it is<br />
worth keeping, holding on to, prizing in our hearts and<br />
souls.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism does not look down upon people who<br />
follow other religions as "inferior, non-believer,<br />
etc". That is one reason why you don’t see <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Missionaries actively pursuing conversion.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is a religion of Equality. Equality<br />
between Men and Women and also stressing<br />
"universal equality" amongst all human beings,<br />
which many other religions do not have.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is modern way of life; it doesn’t subject<br />
people to valueless rituals. A few examples being<br />
the caste system, bathing in holy rivers, facing a<br />
certain direction for a prayer, slaughtering animals<br />
in the name of God, circumcision. (NOTE: I’m<br />
talking of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, not cultural practices. which at<br />
times are not up to date with the teachings of the<br />
religion, as can be seen in all religions.)<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, is a religion of worship of One God. A<br />
God that has no ‘chosen people’ a God<br />
compassionate to all, God not bonded to a "single<br />
religion", God to be found and realized by all, God<br />
that is not pleased with ritualistic behavior, a God<br />
that is only pleased by "ANYONE" who with true<br />
devotion LOVES HIM, yes a God for all the<br />
UNIVERSE. Not of Jews, <strong>Sikh</strong>s, Hindus, Muslims,<br />
etc… God himself spoke to Guru Nanak Dev Ji,<br />
the founder of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, on the "Day of<br />
Revelation", when Guru Nanak Dev Ji was called<br />
to God’s presence and given his directives to<br />
preach to this world. Guru Nanak Dev Ji<br />
described God in the following verse known as the<br />
Mool Mantra: <strong>The</strong> very first verse written in the<br />
Guru Granth Sahib Ji (the <strong>Sikh</strong> Scripture) and<br />
found at many other places before other hymns in<br />
the Guru Granth Sahib Ji,<br />
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Ik Onkar (God is one)<br />
Sat Nam (His name is true)<br />
Kartaa Purakh (He is the Creator)<br />
Nirbhau (He is without fear)<br />
Nirvair (he is inimical to none)<br />
Akal-murat (He never dies)<br />
Ajooni ( He is beyond births and deaths)<br />
Saibhang (He is self illuminated)<br />
Gurprasaad (He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru)<br />
And Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that God is always true:<br />
Aad such (He is true in the beginning before anything<br />
existed)<br />
Jugaad sach (He was true when the ages commenced and<br />
has ever been True)<br />
Hai bhi sach (He is also True now)<br />
Nanak hosi bhi sach (Satguru) Nanak (says that) he will<br />
be certainly True in the future.)<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism stresses that God judges all people as to<br />
their actions in this world. It does not matter what<br />
religion he practices, or was born to. Hence the<br />
theory of Karma is also a part of <strong>Sikh</strong> religion. <strong>The</strong><br />
ultimate reward in <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is to be freed from the<br />
PAINS of "births and deaths" that Humans undergo.<br />
Reflect for a few minutes, and think of how much<br />
do we as people suffer in life We suffer a<br />
tremendous amount! <strong>The</strong> older you are, the more<br />
you will know of it. Unlike other religions, which<br />
offer a heavenly paradise, where one is rewarded<br />
with Virgins (only for the males as one scripture has<br />
it) and rivers of wine (which ironically is not<br />
sanctioned for one to drink here on this earth),<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism rewards people with the concept of<br />
becoming "one with God". Where the soul is<br />
immersed back into the Godly soul, like a raindrop<br />
is immersed into the ocean and hence find<br />
everlasting bliss. This is for both male and female.<br />
No sexism is in the scripture. I challenge all to have<br />
a look for themselves, and they will be happily<br />
surprised that a religion born 500 years ago has<br />
accepted the equality of sexes as well as people,<br />
which not even today’s western society has, nor any<br />
other religion has. This is just one reason why I<br />
adore the <strong>Sikh</strong> religion. Men and Women are equal<br />
in all respect. In <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, Men and Women are able<br />
to carry out prayer rights. <strong>The</strong>re is no priest class,<br />
unlike other religions, which is controlled only by<br />
men. Hence again women are equal partners in<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is an intellectual way of life. <strong>Sikh</strong>s are<br />
told very strongly, explicitly, to seek knowledge<br />
within the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Knowledge is the<br />
‘key’ to enlightenment. One must understand the<br />
Guru’s written words in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib,<br />
in order to help them transcend this worldly ocean<br />
and reach the higher spiritual goals given to Human<br />
kind by God. <strong>The</strong> challenge of being a <strong>Sikh</strong> is truly<br />
a hard one. <strong>The</strong> majority of the world of today have<br />
not the courage in them, nor the will power, nor the<br />
willingness to spend time to pursue this<br />
"intellectual" and "spiritual" journey and achieve<br />
that ultimate state of eternal bliss. People not<br />
wanting to face this challenge, since it is a difficult<br />
one, a long one, is the reason why they are unaware<br />
of the greatness of their <strong>Sikh</strong> religion. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
continue to play in this world (metaphorically<br />
speaking) in the pursuit of trying to find happiness,<br />
yet never the way Guru guides us on how to<br />
achieve it in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Happiness<br />
(Bliss) can not be bought with riches, etc.<br />
Happiness is a state of mind. Bliss is the state of<br />
being one with our mind, soul, and heart. One can<br />
only find it by being able to control (cleansing) the<br />
mind, which <strong>Sikh</strong>ism stresses one to do, with God’<br />
Naam (Name). <strong>The</strong>n only will one achieve true<br />
lasting happiness (bliss) within ourselves. I<br />
challenge the readers to spend some time, to read<br />
up on the lives of <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurus, read the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
scripture, along with the other religions with open<br />
mind, and <strong>Sikh</strong>ism will pass as the most objective,<br />
logical, equal, humanitarian religion. A good place<br />
to start is Sandeep Singh’s WWW home page. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism Home Page: http://www.sikhs.org/<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is a religion which builds character. It<br />
tells its followers to be "hard workers" to earn their<br />
daily bread. To share with others, as will as to<br />
remember the Lord in their heart. Hence within<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism there is compassion towards all of<br />
humanity, a fact of social reform.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is the only religion that allows all people,<br />
of any caste, color, creed, religion to come to<br />
"ANY"! of their holy places, without restriction<br />
and be given equal respect in all matters. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
served in the Gurdwara (<strong>Sikh</strong>s holy temple) and in<br />
the kitchen with the same dignity as if they were<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s. <strong>The</strong>y are allowed to participate in Singing<br />
Hymns, read Guru Granth Sahib Ji. A very good<br />
example that comes to mind is that of Bhai<br />
Chaman Lal even though he is a Hindu. He sings<br />
Gurbani hymns all over in Gurdwaras and tells<br />
wonderful stories of the Gurus. <strong>Sikh</strong>s respect him<br />
and give him equal dignity. I personally love his<br />
singing and his stories. He is more of a <strong>Sikh</strong> than I<br />
am. Hence one does not have to even change<br />
religion, to follow <strong>Sikh</strong> practices and sing the<br />
Glories of God using <strong>Sikh</strong> scripture and that truly<br />
is the greatness of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism allows one to follow the path to<br />
enlightenment, at their own speed. This comes<br />
with their own understanding and awareness of the<br />
message in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji and how<br />
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much effort they have given to incorporate it in their<br />
lives. It allows people to interpret the Guru Granth<br />
Sahib for themselves and with increasing awareness<br />
and understanding, the person will gain greater<br />
knowledge of the "divine" words of the Gurus, who<br />
were in direct communication with God and wrote<br />
what God told them in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is the only religion where the Scripture<br />
is written by the prophet of the religion who was<br />
in divine communication with God, out of all the<br />
otherworldly religions whose scriptures were written<br />
much later by other people.<br />
• <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is truly a religion that has broken down<br />
barriers between religions, to show the world that,<br />
"anyone" can reach God by immersing themselves<br />
in His love. That is why Hindu and Muslim saints’<br />
divine hymns from God are also recorded in Guru<br />
Granth Sahib Ji. <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurus are not only honoring<br />
the achievement of these Saints throughout time, but<br />
are sending a message to the world. <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is not<br />
the property of those who are born in Punjab or to<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> families. It is a religion for all of humanity,<br />
men and women. Let us not forget the entire<br />
universe.<br />
Atheist Society Writes About <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. By John Smith<br />
Dear Ali, please help us. We were very impressed with your<br />
website and agreed that religion in general is no longer<br />
needed; we can all be humanistic and live in peace and<br />
harmony. We are in the process of making a website which<br />
will hopefully help to destroy the religious doctrines which<br />
divide humanity. We were doing great with knocking out<br />
Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Baha'i, even<br />
Buddhism but we have gotten very stuck with <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. This<br />
religion is (to put it nicely) "a big pain in the ass" (Please<br />
pardon the language) We have only found one site which<br />
tries (very poorly) to argue that even this religion is not<br />
needed, but the argument is irrational and very unscientific<br />
unlike the very rational arguments you use.<br />
When we read the following from your website, we found<br />
what you said to be amazingly interesting: "Doubt<br />
Everything Find Your Own Light." "Last Words Dear friend,<br />
if you look for meaning in life, don’t look for it in religions;<br />
don’t go from one cult to another or from one guru to the<br />
next. You can expend all your life or look for eternity and<br />
will find nothing but disappointment and disillusionment.<br />
Look instead in service to humanity. You will find<br />
“meaning” in your love for other human beings. You can<br />
experience God when you help someone who needs your<br />
help. <strong>The</strong> only truth that counts is the love that we have for<br />
each other. This is absolute and real. <strong>The</strong> rest is mirage,<br />
fancies of human imagination and fallacies of our own<br />
making." By Ali Sina. Why is this interesting Because we<br />
found this religion of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism to be in agreement with you!<br />
This is why we have a problem. We tried to look at their<br />
holy text (Adi Granth) but didn’t find the usual absurdities<br />
we found in the other religious books. In fact it’s<br />
refreshingly inspiring and very good! Maybe you can<br />
have some better luck.<br />
We tried to visit a couple of websites and got more of a<br />
shock. Did you know that they believed in Democracy,<br />
freedom of speech, choice, expression, freedom of religion,<br />
pluralism, human rights, equality between men and<br />
women, equality of all people regardless of race, religion,<br />
caste, creed, status etc. 300 years before the existence of<br />
the USA <strong>The</strong>irs is the only religion which says in their<br />
religious scriptures that women are equal in every respect to<br />
men. <strong>The</strong>y even had women soldiers leading armies into<br />
battle against "you know who" (<strong>The</strong> usual suspects -<br />
Muslims!) <strong>The</strong>ir history is a proud one; they fought in both<br />
World Wars. Even Hitler praised them for their bravery and<br />
Aryan heritage! Dear Ali, this religion is hard for us to try<br />
and criticize but you are an expert and may find some faults<br />
overlooked by us. In their holy book, there is a round<br />
earth, water is made from chemical elements, and there is<br />
even mention of the evolution process, big bang and life<br />
on other planets! This is pretty crazy and amazing stuff,<br />
who would have thought that these New York taxi drivers<br />
(<strong>The</strong>re are lots of <strong>Sikh</strong> taxi drivers in NY) would have such<br />
an amazing faith We read up some information of what<br />
Bertrand Russell had to say about <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, this is the man<br />
who destroyed Christianity (same applies to Islam and<br />
Judaism) and exposed its absurdities, but even this great<br />
man got stuck when it came to <strong>Sikh</strong>ism! In fact he gave up<br />
and said "that if some lucky men survive the onslaught of<br />
the third world war of atomic and hydrogen bombs, then<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong> religion will be the only means of guiding them.<br />
Russell was asked that he was talking about the third world<br />
war, but isn't this religion capable of guiding mankind<br />
before the third world war In reply, Russell said, "Yes, it<br />
has the capability, but the <strong>Sikh</strong>s have not brought out in<br />
the broad daylight, the splendid doctrines of this religion<br />
which has come into existence for the benefit of the entire<br />
mankind. This is their greatest sin and the <strong>Sikh</strong>s cannot be<br />
freed of it."<br />
Please bear in mind that Bertrand Russell was a great<br />
philosopher and free thinker. We have been trying for weeks<br />
now to find a way to fairly and rationally criticize and find<br />
fault with this religion but have failed. We even found out<br />
that there are many people converting to this religion in the<br />
USA and Europe as well as Russia (Mostly well educated<br />
and affluent white people). We tried to find some of their<br />
literature and see what kind of claims they make, but<br />
unfortunately they have no missionary material as they do<br />
not have missionaries! People become <strong>Sikh</strong> by learning<br />
usually by chance or by coming into contact with them.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are currently the 5th biggest religion in the world and<br />
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growing quite fast in the west and Russia. Please help us as<br />
we are stuck. To give you an example of what they are all<br />
about we found the following websites:<br />
http://www.sikhnet.com (This is a pretty good site and<br />
helpful) http://www.hope.at/sikhism (This site is very easy<br />
to follow, check it out, they have a Woman’s section and a<br />
Martyrs’ section. It looks like that you are not the only one<br />
trying to expose the falseness of Islam. <strong>Sikh</strong>s scholar did it<br />
hundreds of years ago and got killed for it!<br />
http://www.sikhs.org (This is the site that was on CNN when<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s in the USA were mistaken for Arabs and Middle<br />
Easterners and were attacked by mindless morons)<br />
Please help us out; we can’t make our website about religion<br />
being the cause of war and disharmony when we have this<br />
one and only religion which makes a hell of a lot of sense! (I<br />
thought Atheism had all the answers but were kind of stuck<br />
now.) We look forward to hearing from you, we respect your<br />
great views and want to promote them to everyone, thank you<br />
for your time, take care.<br />
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WHAT MAKES YOU A SIKH<br />
Let me try and approach this question in a slightly different<br />
manner than is usually done. <strong>The</strong>re are of course definitions<br />
of a <strong>Sikh</strong> in the Reht Maryada, in the 1925 Gurdwara<br />
legislation and in the legislation setting up the Delhi <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Gurdwara Management Committee. But what they all have in<br />
common is that they do not talk about the relation between a<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> and Vahiguru, Parmatma, or by whatever other name<br />
you know God.<br />
We know that <strong>Sikh</strong> means pupil, or one under training. Not<br />
so many know that Khalsa is derived from a Farsi word for<br />
lands directly under the rule of the emperor. This means in<br />
our case that a Khalsa is a person who puts herself / himself<br />
directly under the command of God.<br />
But what does Guru Granth Sahib have to say Guru Granth<br />
Sahib does use words like <strong>Sikh</strong> and khalsa, but does not use<br />
these as describing people of a particular sect or religion.<br />
Guru Granth Sahib does not teach a religion in the western<br />
meaning of that word, it teaches a dharm, a way of life.<br />
So what is expected from those that follow this dharm A<br />
follower of the <strong>Sikh</strong> dharm recognises only the One as the<br />
Mother and Father of all, and has to work on getting as close<br />
to the One as is possible for a human being. This is done by<br />
remembering the One at all times, by seeing the presence of<br />
the One, the All Pervading, the All Powerful, in all and<br />
everything. This attitude goes hand in hand with honesty,<br />
with compassion, with respect, with defending the<br />
defenceless and fighting against injustice.<br />
Most of us will know the often quoted three <strong>Sikh</strong> qualities:<br />
honest work, sharing with others and remembrance of<br />
Vahiguru. <strong>The</strong>y point to the two sides of ‘simran’ or<br />
remembering: play a positive role in society, and have a real<br />
relationship with God.<br />
When I grew up I went to a Christian school, and on Sunday<br />
went with my friends to the Sunday school. I was quite a<br />
pious little boy, but later lost my faith in spite of meeting<br />
some really good, Godly Christians, whom I still admire.<br />
<strong>The</strong> truth is that none of them managed to point me on the<br />
way to God, on the way where God is not just a theoretical<br />
concept, but where She / He can be experienced. Now I do<br />
not have to ‘believe’ in God, I have met with God, I know<br />
that She / He is. This I think is the essential part of being a<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> or a Khalsa (with or without capital letters). Meeting<br />
God, having darshan, living with God 24 hours a day, that is<br />
what being a <strong>Sikh</strong> or a Khalsa is all about. Why is it that so<br />
many people who look like <strong>Sikh</strong>s do not really understand<br />
this concept<br />
<strong>The</strong> man in blue.<br />
harjindersinghkhalsa@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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ANAND MARRIAGE ACT, 1909 --- WAY<br />
BEHIND TIMES<br />
A PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENT<br />
-Hirdey Pal Singh*<br />
<strong>The</strong> marriage ceremony performed according to the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
rites is called Anad Karaj. <strong>The</strong> word Anand literally means<br />
‘pleasure’ or ‘rejoicing’ and is synonymous with the Persian<br />
word Shaadi (marriage) 1 . This marriage ceremony has been<br />
in vogue among the <strong>Sikh</strong>s since the time of Guru Amar Das<br />
(1552). <strong>The</strong> Laavan or the four marriage hymns were<br />
composed by Guru Ram Das 2 . <strong>The</strong> practice went out of<br />
currency during the times of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh and<br />
was revived as a part of the religious reforms carried out by<br />
the Nirankari movement and furthered by the Singh Sabha 3 .<br />
<strong>The</strong> Anand Marriage Act was passed by the Imperial<br />
Legislative Council in 1909 in spite of great opposition. <strong>The</strong><br />
Anand Marriage Bill was originally introduced in the<br />
Council by Tikka Ripudaman Singh of Nabha in 1908. <strong>The</strong><br />
Bill had been drafted by a committee of the Chief Khalsa<br />
Diwan. Mass meetings were held all over Punjab and<br />
various <strong>Sikh</strong> Organisations sent telegrams and petitions by<br />
thousands demanding the passage of the Bill. In 1909,<br />
Sunder Singh Majithia replaced Tikka Ripudaman Singh as<br />
the member of the Imperial Council and moved the Bill on<br />
Friday, 10 September, 1909. <strong>The</strong> Anand Marriage Act was<br />
enacted on 22 October, 1909 4 .<br />
<strong>The</strong> preamble to the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 gives its<br />
purpose as, “This form of marriage has long been practised<br />
among the <strong>Sikh</strong>s but there are good reasons to believe that<br />
in the absence of validating enactment, doubts may be<br />
thrown upon it and <strong>Sikh</strong>s may have to face great difficulties<br />
in future and incur heavy expenses on suits instituted in the<br />
Civil Courts”. <strong>The</strong> concern presented in the statement of the<br />
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objects and reasons was based on the experience of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s<br />
being addressed as ‘illegal children’ simply because their<br />
marriage ceremony was not recognized by the Hindus 5 .<br />
However, in the present, the Anand Marriage Act, 1909,<br />
though addressing this aspect, has fallen short of its intended<br />
objective of reducing the difficulties of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s and the<br />
relevance of the Act is itself doubtful.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first shortcoming of the Act, which is quite noticeable, is<br />
the absence of any provision for the registration of the<br />
marriages performed under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Act is a brief piece of legislation containing only five<br />
sections. <strong>The</strong> purpose of the Anand Marriage Act at the time<br />
of legislation was only to validate the marriages performed<br />
with the <strong>Sikh</strong> ceremonies. By contrast, the Indian Christian<br />
Marriage Act, 1872, the Parsi Marriage Act, 1936 and the<br />
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, all contain provisions for the<br />
registration of the marriages performed under those Acts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> marriages performed under the Anand Marriage Act<br />
are registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, or the<br />
Special Marriages Act, 1954. Registering a <strong>Sikh</strong> marriage<br />
under the Act titled as the Hindu Marriage Act is deemed by<br />
a majority of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s to be hurting to their religious<br />
sentiments and to their personal dignity. This is evident from<br />
the following news item:<br />
<strong>The</strong> 100-year-old marriage Act for <strong>Sikh</strong>s, the Anand Karj<br />
Marriage Act which was later repealed (sic) was discussed<br />
during the in-camera meeting between Giani Joginder Singh<br />
Vedanti, Jathedar Akal Takht and Mr Tarlochan Singh,<br />
Chairman, National Commission for Minorities (NCM)<br />
during latter’s visit here…. Both Jathedar Vedanti and Mr<br />
Mann told Mr Tarlochan Singh that <strong>Sikh</strong> girls and boys,<br />
especially from abroad, have been objecting to get their<br />
marriages registered under the Hindu Marriage Act 6 .<br />
On the other hand, the registration process under the Special<br />
Marriage Act, 1954, is comparatively cumbersome and<br />
discriminatory. For example, Section 15(d) of the Special<br />
Marriage Act puts a condition that the parties be at least 21<br />
years at the time of registration of the marriage whereas the<br />
marriageable age in India for females is 18 years only. So, if<br />
a <strong>Sikh</strong> female marries at the age of 18 years under the Anand<br />
Marriage Act, 1909, her marriage cannot be registered under<br />
the Special Marriage Act for another 3 years. Further,<br />
whereas no notice is required under the Hindu marriage Act<br />
for registration of a validly performed marriage, the<br />
registration process under the Special Marriage Act requires<br />
a public notice of thirty days. This is per se discriminatory.<br />
Thus, under the present circumstances, the pragmatic<br />
approach for registration of the marriages performed under<br />
the Anand Marriage Act is to get them registered under the<br />
Hindu Marriage Act. This causes a confusion regarding the<br />
religious identity of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s. Col. Amrik Singh (retd.)<br />
observes that the Anand Mar¬riage Act 1909 seems to have<br />
quietly lost its legal significance without it even being<br />
noticed by the <strong>Sikh</strong>s and now all marriages performed by<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s are registered as Hindu marriages 7 .<br />
Keeping in view such grievances of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s, and the basic<br />
objectives as enshrined in the Preamble of the Constitution<br />
of India, especially those declaring the values of freedom to<br />
worship, thought, fraternity and dignity, it is imperative that<br />
the provisions for the registration of marriages performed<br />
under the Anand Marriage Act be introduced in the said Act<br />
itself. <strong>The</strong> main grouse of the communities other than<br />
Hindus is with the title of the Hindu Marriage Act. Even<br />
those <strong>Sikh</strong> intellectuals who believe that the Hindu Marriage<br />
Act is in consonance with the <strong>Sikh</strong> ethos seriously debate<br />
the propriety of its title. S. Kashmir Singh points out that the<br />
only irritant is the title of the Act which gives the<br />
impression that all those governed by it are Hindus even<br />
though, according to him, the provisions in the Act are<br />
sufficiently clear to allay such suspicions and<br />
apprehensions. He holds:<br />
<strong>The</strong> contents of the Act show that it has not been correctly<br />
named. It requires a serious effort on the part of the<br />
legislature to mingle it with SMA and apply it to all the<br />
Indians taking a concrete step towards the Uniform Civil<br />
Code 8 .<br />
<strong>The</strong> second major reason for the Anand Marriage Act being<br />
of limited applicability is the exemption of marriages<br />
between a <strong>Sikh</strong> and a non-<strong>Sikh</strong> from the purview of the Act.<br />
Section 3(a) of the Anand Marriage Act states, “Nothing in<br />
this Act shall apply to- (a) any marriage between persons<br />
not professing the <strong>Sikh</strong> religion…” By contrast the Hindu<br />
Marriage Act has a much wider applicability. Section 7 of<br />
the Hindu Marriage Act provides: A Hindu marriage may be<br />
solemnized in accordance with the customary rites and<br />
ceremonies of either party thereto. Thus, whereas a marriage<br />
between a <strong>Sikh</strong> and a non-<strong>Sikh</strong> performed by the religious<br />
rites of Anand Karj is perfectly valid under the Hindu<br />
Marrige Act, the same is out of the purview of the Anand<br />
Marriage Act, 1909. This makes the Anand Marriage Act<br />
redundant is all such cases. People have found a novel way<br />
out of this situation. Bachittar Singh Giani, describing such<br />
a method, a circuitous one though, writes:<br />
Many cases have come to notice that the bridegroom being a<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> and the bride a Hindu, parents of the couple agreed to<br />
solemnise the marriage first in the presence of Holy Aad<br />
Guru Granth Sahib reciting the four lavans, and on the next<br />
occasion according to Hindu rites. <strong>The</strong> solemnisation of<br />
marriage in such a manner can have effect both ways 9 .<br />
In order to bring the Anand Marriage Act at par with the<br />
Hindu Marriage Act in terms of its applicability, the Anand<br />
Marriage Act should be amended to incorporate provisions<br />
regarding validation of the Marriage between a <strong>Sikh</strong> and a<br />
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non-<strong>Sikh</strong>, so that even in such cases the marriages performed<br />
by the rites of Anand Karj may be validated and registered<br />
under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, when the provision for<br />
registration is introduced in the Act.<br />
S. Gurdev Singh, a retired IAS officer, highlighting the<br />
emotional uneasiness of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s at the lack of a separate<br />
personal law, writes:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Muslim Personal laws based on the Holy Quran and the<br />
statutory enactments such as the Muslim Personal Law<br />
(Shariat) Application Act, 1937, the Dissolution of Muslim<br />
Marriage Act, 1939, and the Muslim Women's (Protection of<br />
Right of Divorce) Act, 1986 govern the family relationships<br />
of Muslims. <strong>The</strong> Christians are administered by the Indian<br />
Christian Marriages Act, 1872 and the Indian Divorce Act,<br />
1869 with respect to matters like marriage, divorce. <strong>The</strong><br />
Parsis, numbering hardly one lakh in India, have separate law<br />
relating to family equations, viz., the Parsi Marriage and<br />
Divorce Act, 1936. <strong>The</strong> vibrantly egalitarian <strong>Sikh</strong>s are<br />
subjected to various Hindu Laws governing succession,<br />
marriage, etc., etc., and are described Hindus through<br />
legislative ingenuity. All this cannot be savoury to the<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s… 10<br />
With the adoption of the two abovementioned amendments,<br />
relating to registration and scope, in the Anand Marriage Act,<br />
two major grievances of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s with the Act would be<br />
removed. However, it is desirable that the Anand Marriage<br />
Act be enlarged from its present brief version to become a<br />
full-fledged marriage code as the Hindu Marriage Act, the<br />
Parsi Marriage Act and the Christian Marriage Act are.<br />
Alternatively, the title of the Hindu Laws - the laws relating<br />
marriage, succession, guardianship, adoption etc. which are<br />
applicable to the Buddhists, Jains and <strong>Sikh</strong>s also – should be<br />
changed to give these Acts more apt titles acceptable to all<br />
the communities covered therein, keeping in view the<br />
diversity of the Indian culture and the spirit of the Indian<br />
Constitution.<br />
* B.A. (Hons.), LL.M. (Delhi), Advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court,<br />
Chandigarh, # 767A, Sector 7B, Chandigarh. Ph.: 0172-310 5338; Email:<br />
hirdeypal@hotmail.com<br />
1. Sarfraz Khawaja, Dr., <strong>Sikh</strong>s of the Punjab 1900-1925: A Study of<br />
Confrontation and Political Mobilization (Islamabad: Modern Book<br />
Depot, 1985), p.94.<br />
2. Anand Karaj, (New Delhi: Delhi <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurdwara Management<br />
Committee), p.7.<br />
3. K.S. Talwar, <strong>The</strong> Encyclopaedia of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, 2nd ed., Ed. Harbans<br />
Singh (Patiala: Punjabi University, Patiala, 1995), Vol. 1, p.126.<br />
4. Ibid.<br />
5. Sarfraz Khawaja, op. cit., p.96.<br />
6. Varinder Walia, “Move on Anand Karj Act: Punjab MPs meeting<br />
today,” <strong>The</strong> Tribune, Thursday, March 6, 2003, Chandigarh, India.<br />
7. “Ceremonies of Bliss: Anand Karaj & Birth of a Child, - A Review by<br />
Col. Amrik Singh (Retd.),” Abstract of <strong>Sikh</strong> Studies, July-Sept 1997,<br />
p.67.<br />
8. “<strong>Sikh</strong>s and Personal Law,” On <strong>Sikh</strong> Personal Law, Ed. Kharak Singh<br />
(Chandigarh: Institute of <strong>Sikh</strong> Studies, 1998), p.59.<br />
9. “Implications of Hindu Law Vis-à-vis <strong>Sikh</strong> Identity,” On <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Personal Law, Ed. Kharak Singh (Chandigarh: Institute of <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Studies, 1998), p.42.<br />
10. “<strong>Sikh</strong> Personal Law Distorted: Rectification Needed,” On <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Personal Law, Ed. Kharak Singh (Chandigarh: Institute of <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Studies, 1998), p.51.<br />
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF A MUSLIM<br />
SCHOLAR<br />
[<strong>The</strong>se questions were asked by an Iranian scholar and have been conveyed<br />
by S. Saheb Singh Patwalia of Tehran on the Internet. Answers are by<br />
Kirpal Singh, USA.]<br />
Date: Vaisakh 21, 537 NS (Nanakshahi)<br />
Q1. We have heard <strong>Sikh</strong>s are Hindus. Iis it true<br />
Ans 1: No, it is not true that <strong>Sikh</strong>s are Hindus.<br />
To understand this answer, what one needs to do is to<br />
understand first, as to what is Hinduism Despite the fact<br />
that it is very difficult to precisely describe as to what<br />
Hinduism is, given below are its major pillars.<br />
1) Concept of Avtarvadha: i.e. God takes birth from time to<br />
time whenever the level of tyranny on the earth becomes<br />
unbearable.<br />
2) Concept of polytheism i.e. existence of multi god-heads;<br />
reaching a count of even 330,000,000.<br />
3) Concept of trinity i.e. existence of Lord Brahama as the<br />
Creator, Lord Vishnu as Provider, & Lord Shiva as the<br />
Destroyer.<br />
4) Idol worship i.e. God can be set up as an image.<br />
5) Chatur-Varan - <strong>The</strong> Caste system, meaning human beings<br />
are born unequal as Brahmins, Kashatryas, Vayshias, &<br />
Shudras.<br />
6) Chatur-Ashram - Four stages of Life: Renunciation being<br />
the last.<br />
7) Sanctity of Sanskrit Language as Dev-Bhasha, the<br />
language of gods.<br />
8) Mazes of mechanical rituals prescribed for different<br />
activities of life.<br />
9) Advocacy of a life of Brahamacharya (Celibacy), Yogi<br />
(renunciation), Jangam (Staying naked) etc.<br />
10) Sacredness of the cow.<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> Philosophy advocates that none of the above pillars<br />
have any connection with a life of spirituality. <strong>The</strong>refore,<br />
basically a <strong>Sikh</strong> has no faith in any of the pillars upon which<br />
the Hindu faith is based. Hence a <strong>Sikh</strong> is not a Hindu.<br />
Q2. Guru Gobind Singh did not want to create any religion<br />
but to protect Hindus from Mugal forces he made army<br />
called Khalsa.is it true<br />
Ans 2: Please note that the founder of the <strong>Sikh</strong> faith is Guru<br />
Nanak Sahib and not Guru Gobind Singh Jee. <strong>The</strong>refore, the<br />
question of Guru Gobind Singh Jee starting a new religion<br />
does not arise. All that Guru Gobind Singh Jee did was to<br />
preach what Guru Nanak Sahib taught. Khalsa is the<br />
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sachiaraa of Guru Nanak Sahib’s concept. Who basically, is<br />
the truthful human being referred to in the very first stanza of<br />
Guru Nanak Sahib’s Jap Jee listed on the very first page of<br />
Guru Granth Sahib. This is a person who, in the process of<br />
defending truth is willing to sacrifice everything of his/her,<br />
fighting the forces of tyranny while defending the weak. For<br />
him/her it does not matter who the weak is. It can be a Hindu,<br />
a Muslim, a Christian, a <strong>Sikh</strong> or what ever. It just so<br />
happened that at the times of Guru Gobind Singh Jee, Hindus<br />
were the helpless slaves, terrorized by their tyrannical<br />
Mughal masters. <strong>The</strong>refore the dutiful task for the Khalsa<br />
was to stand up against the tyrants.<br />
Q3. One of the Hindu writes has written that <strong>Sikh</strong>s are same<br />
as Hindus the way they treat SGGS and pay respect ritually<br />
is same way as Hindus do. So they are same. Is it true<br />
ANS 3: In his misconception our Hindu brother can write<br />
whatever he wants. However the fact of the matter is that<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s bow in front of Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) to pay<br />
their respect to the Word (Shabad) of spiritual wisdom that is<br />
contained in SGGS, and not to its paper or ink. <strong>The</strong> spiritual<br />
wisdom of Guru Granth Sahib being the ultimate Word,<br />
carrying SGGS on one’s head is the minimum act of respect<br />
that a <strong>Sikh</strong> can express. Guru Granth Sahib is not an Idol.<br />
When read, it speaks directly to one’s heart, providing<br />
priceless words of spiritual wisdom..<br />
Q4. Why there are less emphasis on Guru Har Rai Ji and<br />
Guru Har Krishan Ji (What he meant was gurpurabs, janam<br />
Sakhis, examples for learners etc.)<br />
ANS 4: Guru Har Rai Jee, and Guru Harkrishan Jee are the<br />
7 th and 8 th representative Gurus of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s who propagated<br />
the message of Guru Nanak Sahib. <strong>The</strong>y are considered<br />
absolutely at par with rest of the Gurus. It is not true that<br />
their Gurpurabs are not celebrated, or examples from their<br />
life are not brought to the listeners for inspiration. Guru Har<br />
Rai Jee’s scolding of his son for misrepresentation of the<br />
Gurubani in discussions with Aurangzeb, and Guru<br />
Harkrishan Jee’s sacrifice of his life by serving the sick are<br />
the most popular discourses in the Gurdwara Sahibs.<br />
Q5. Was Guru Nanak Saheb pre nominated as prophet or<br />
was he just a genius scholar and was made guru by people<br />
ANS 5: Bestowed with the ultimate wisdom of spirituality,<br />
Guru Nanak Sahib in his humbleness, always claimed<br />
himself to be a low bard of the Almighty (Houn Dhaddee<br />
Kaa Neech Jaat sggs 468), while leaving the egotistic<br />
ignorance of tall claims of being demi-gods or prophets to<br />
others (Hore uttam Jaat Sadaaa-inday sggs 468). He was a<br />
born Guru not by the proclamation of some soothsayers, but<br />
recognized by the people for the words of Truth which he<br />
spoke. Regarding the God’s words coming through him, he<br />
himself says (Jaisee Main Aaway Khasam Kee Banee,<br />
Taisrhaa Kareen gian way Laalo. sggs 722).<br />
Q6. How did Guru Nanak proclaim himself a messenger of<br />
Waheguru By showing his karamat as per references in<br />
janam Sakhis; if yes then you <strong>Sikh</strong>s say karamat is sin to a<br />
sikh<br />
ANS 6: What Guru Nanak Sahib proclaimed himself to be<br />
has been answered in Answer # 5.<br />
Regarding him performing any miracles (karamat), he did<br />
not do anything that could be considered as against any of<br />
the laws of nature. <strong>The</strong> biggest miracle that Guru Nanak has<br />
performed is to provide humanity with the ultimate gift, the<br />
word of God contained in Guru Granth Sahib. <strong>The</strong>se are the<br />
words which are capable of resurrecting any spiritually dead<br />
person back to Life (sookay kaasat haryaa. sggs 10). If any<br />
of the Janam Sakhis (stories) that happen to proclaim any of<br />
the miracles attached to Guru Sahib’s name, but are said to<br />
have happened against the laws of nature, then any belief in<br />
any such Sakhi is a sin for the <strong>Sikh</strong> as any such stories<br />
should be to any person of a truthful conscious. As per<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism, nobody is outside of the pale of God’s Hukam<br />
(Hukmay ander sabh ko, bahir hukam naa koi. Sggs 1), the<br />
Laws of Nature and nothing can happen out side of it.<br />
Q7. Does <strong>Sikh</strong>sim beleive that Khalsa is last religion and no<br />
more (prophets) would come again for protecting people at<br />
this present age of crime and insecurity<br />
ANS 7: In God’s infinite creation, there is no such thing as<br />
the last prophet or the last religion.<br />
Q8. Can <strong>Sikh</strong>s eat cow meat<br />
ANS 8: <strong>The</strong>re is no prohibition of eating meat in <strong>Sikh</strong>ism,<br />
including cow meat. <strong>The</strong> only prohibition is to not to eat<br />
Kuthaa, the Halaal meat that the Muslims eat. <strong>The</strong> reason<br />
for this prohibition is not because there is anything wrong<br />
with the Islamic style meat except it being ritualistic. But<br />
rather due to the kind of tyrannical image that it had<br />
acquired in India, during the tyrannical rule of the Islamic<br />
Mughals.<br />
This prohibition is to stay mindful about the historic fact<br />
under which the Muslim rulers forced Kuthaa, the Halaal<br />
Meat, upon the helpless masses of India while in the process<br />
of their forcible conversion into Islam. This is how the<br />
Halaal meat had become a sign of slavery. For a <strong>Sikh</strong> no<br />
slavery of any kind is acceptable. <strong>The</strong>refore the prohibition,<br />
with a reminder; lest we forget.<br />
Q9. Does <strong>Sikh</strong>ism believe in hell and heaven<br />
ANS 9: No, <strong>Sikh</strong>ism does not believe in any place out there<br />
known as heaven, with the earthly kind of comforts like air<br />
conditioned bungalows, with free flow of wine, women,<br />
meats, and slaves etc, or a hell with drums of burning oils.<br />
For a <strong>Sikh</strong> separation from the Almighty (loss of contact<br />
with one’s conscious, the sense of justice, truth and fair<br />
play) is hell, while being one with God (having an<br />
attachment with Truth, and resulting bliss) is heaven.<br />
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<strong>The</strong>refore in <strong>Sikh</strong>ism there is no longing for heaven or fear of<br />
hell. All one prays for is love for God.<br />
Q10. Do <strong>Sikh</strong>s believe in judgment day when all dead<br />
become alive and are judged for their deeds<br />
ANS 10: NO, <strong>Sikh</strong>s do not believe in the day of Judgment<br />
when all the dead will come alive. However they do believe<br />
that one’s deeds good/bad do play a part in bringing one near<br />
or getting pushed away from godliness, hence God. (Kami<br />
aapo aapnee, kay narhaiy, kay door. sggs 8).<br />
Q11. What is the philosophy behind keeping hairs Do hairs<br />
ascend iman(faith).<br />
ANS 11: A <strong>Sikh</strong>’s Identity (of uncut Hair and Turban) is<br />
his/her public declaration of a choice of following the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
path of moral living, that advocates: To not to use tobacco, or<br />
any other intoxicants, to not to commit adultery, and, to not<br />
to accept any kind of slavery. Furthermore, with a <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Identity, a <strong>Sikh</strong> declares openly that he/she will help the<br />
weak with all the power and ability at his/her command. <strong>The</strong><br />
intact internal faith (iman) of a <strong>Sikh</strong> is that is represented by<br />
his/her intact hair. <strong>The</strong>refore, intact hair by them-selves, do<br />
not ascend intact iman.<br />
Q12. Is sggs a poetry written by genius spirituals or allah’s<br />
words<br />
ANS 12: See answer# 5.<br />
Q13. Hindus believe in reincarnation and if <strong>Sikh</strong>s do believe<br />
then is it not same belief of Hindus<br />
ANS 13: Every religion worth its name believes in the<br />
existence of soul or conscious. And, all religions believe that<br />
the soul comes from somewhere at birth and goes somewhere<br />
after death. <strong>The</strong> difference in opinions comes in the answers<br />
to the questions, where does it come from and where does it<br />
go<br />
On the issue of Souls the religions of the Middle Eastern<br />
Origin (Judaism, Christianity, & Islam) believe that; a)<br />
except humans no other living beings have a soul; b) the<br />
souls come into human body at birth and at death they go into<br />
a suspended kind of mode till the day of Judgment; c) on the<br />
day of judgment they will be judged in front of God with<br />
their respective prophets sitting by God’s side; d) then, as per<br />
the judgment, the good ones will be sent to heaven while the<br />
bad ones will be thrown into hell; e) the day of Judgment<br />
hasn’t come yet. <strong>The</strong>refore, according to this concept, some<br />
of the souls must have been sitting in the suspended mode for<br />
the last 2000 - 4000 years waiting for the Day of Judgment,<br />
while the others have been waiting for the last 1400 years.<br />
On the other hand the religions of the East believe that: a)<br />
every living being has a soul; b) at the time of birth, where<br />
the soul comes from, and after death where the soul goes,<br />
nobody has any control over it; c) therefore depending upon<br />
God’s Hukam (the laws of nature) souls can be sent<br />
anywhere, from humans to other living beings and vice<br />
versa; d) there is no mass scale day of judgment on which<br />
every one is going to be judged en mass; e) therefore, like<br />
everything else in nature, the judgment (reactions)) to one’s<br />
individual actions is also an ongoing phenomenon, that does<br />
not wait for any accumulation of souls before deciding their<br />
future course.<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism, even though a religion of the East, as a rule is not<br />
much bothered by the state of the soul before birth or after<br />
death. Because there is not much that anybody can do about<br />
one’s soul, as long as it is separated from the body.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore, the major emphasis in <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is to cease the<br />
right opportunity, while the soul is still with the body.<br />
According to <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, the human life is a golden<br />
opportunity to find the Creator and become one with Him.<br />
(Bha-ee prapatt Manukh dahuria, Gobind milan Kee eh teree<br />
Baria. sggs 12) <strong>The</strong>refore, the thing to do is to not to blow<br />
this golden opportunity. Because, in case of missing this<br />
golden opportunity, nobody knows, as to when is the next<br />
golden opportunity going to come one’s way Could it be,<br />
after the Middle Eastern Time Scale of thousands of years<br />
of suspended kind of mode of separation Or, the Eastern<br />
Time Scale of wandering around in 8.4 million kinds of<br />
different lives, hopping from one form of life to the other<br />
No matter which Time Scale one happens to pick, the<br />
consequences of wasting this life away in pursuit of<br />
frivolous things look pretty serious.<br />
Q14. Who is right koran or sggs (talking about life after<br />
death)<br />
ANS 14: Without the acquiring of righteous wisdom and<br />
then translating it into righteous actions, the final results of<br />
the ritualistic following of both, the Koran as well as SGGS,<br />
are disastrous. What is needed is right actions, and less<br />
drama. Regarding the information about issues like life and<br />
life after death one needs to compare both to decide for<br />
one’s own self as to what seems to make more sense.<br />
Q15. Who was first human as per <strong>Sikh</strong>ism<br />
ANS 15: Nobody knows. And in one’s spiritual<br />
development this piece of information is of no consequence.<br />
All tall claims by some that they know as to who was the<br />
first human, is nothing but a concoction of fairy tales of<br />
empty boastings.<br />
Q16. SGGS ji asks jeev that all human beings are one and<br />
same then yo u don’t eat kutha<br />
ANS 16: Eating or not eating of Kuthaa (the Halaal Meat)<br />
has nothing to do with the oneness of all human beings. <strong>The</strong><br />
reason for not eating Kuthaa is to not to forget the Islamic<br />
Masters’ tyranny in which this meat was thrust upon the<br />
helpless people of India in the name of Islam. .<br />
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Q17. How joonis are justified One becomes horse and<br />
other human being.<br />
ANS 17: See Answer # 13.<br />
Q18. One becomes human being because of good deeds then<br />
why human beings are not good in deeds (talking about<br />
criminals)<br />
ANS 18: <strong>The</strong>re is no such contention anywhere in SGGS<br />
according to which one becomes a human being because of<br />
good deeds.<br />
Q19. <strong>Sikh</strong>s w/o amritsanchar is guru ka sikh or no as<br />
sikhsim is khalsa only.<br />
ANS 19 Any man or woman, who believes in the<br />
teachings of Guru Nanak and adopts them as the guiding<br />
principles of his/her life, is a <strong>Sikh</strong> (student) of the Guru.<br />
Now, some of us openly want everyone to know about our<br />
choice of being the Guru’s <strong>Sikh</strong>, while some of us don’t.<br />
Those of us, who are proud to be the Guru’s <strong>Sikh</strong>, make ourselves<br />
identifiable by adopting the Guru’s image of unshorn<br />
hair and turban, while others don’t.<br />
Furthermore, some of us go a step further by taking a public<br />
oath about our commitment to the Guru’s teachings which is<br />
done by taking ‘Khanday Dee Pahul’. Those who take this<br />
public oath and live by it are known as the Khalsa. Thus all<br />
of the non-recognizable, the recognizable, and the Khalsas<br />
are Guru’s <strong>Sikh</strong>s but with varying degree of commitment to<br />
his teachings.<br />
Q20. If <strong>Sikh</strong>s do not believe in idol worship then why I saw<br />
your Guru pictures at <strong>Sikh</strong> homes and gurudawaras<br />
ANS 20: No Gurdwara Sahib should have any pictures of the<br />
Guru sahibans, because, in the future it has the potential of<br />
converting the two-dimensional pictures of the Gurus into<br />
three-dimensional idols for idol worship. However, for a<br />
home, if one has the understanding of not worshiping the<br />
pictures and has the awareness that none of the pictures being<br />
real, are nothing more than imaginations of some artists,<br />
then it may not be considered that objectionable.<br />
*****<br />
QUESTIONS TO WORTHY SIKHS<br />
Charnjit Singh Bal<br />
<strong>The</strong> philosophers, theologians, scholars, journalists, academia<br />
and intelligentsia are the conscience and voice of a nation,<br />
community, society and religion, etc. Why majority of these<br />
worthy members of the <strong>Sikh</strong> Panth are mute about: -<br />
Editors, publishers, promoters and propagators of misleading<br />
literature such as Dasam Granth and Gurbilas that are replete<br />
with Eroticism, Avatar-ism, Ritualism, Wizardry,<br />
Mythology, Idolatry, etcetera and stigmatize venerated <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Gurus as marijuana (Bhung) junkies<br />
Bhai Joginder Singh Vedanti along with Dr. Amajit Singh<br />
edited Gurbilas Patshahi 6 and got it published by S. G. P.<br />
C. in 1996 AD and arbitrarily exonerated alleged rapist<br />
Sadh Dhanwant Singh of Pallian, Dist. Nawanshehar Akali<br />
Dal was formed as a defensive wing of Gurdwara reform<br />
movement on 14 th Dec. 1920 to combat onslaught of Arya<br />
Samaj radicals including Daya Nand and Christian<br />
missionaries on <strong>Sikh</strong>ism; but has now evolved into a<br />
national political party in India and a provincial ruling party<br />
in Punjab, meddling in <strong>Sikh</strong> religious affairs Contrary to<br />
the fundamental concepts and doctrines of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism where<br />
Piri (Gur-Meryada) takes precedence over Miri<br />
(opportunistic polity) their roles have been reversed<br />
Appointment as Akal Takht Jathedar and Harmandir Sahib<br />
Head Granthi of Bhai Puran Singh who was fined Rs.100 in<br />
1980 for claiming payments for performing two<br />
simultaneous Paths (at two places at the same time) while he<br />
was resident Granthi at Tarn Taaran<br />
Cultism and sectarianism perpetrated by the spurious <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
gurus, Sants, Babas and Sadhs and those Singh Sahibs and<br />
Jathedars who fraternize with these Anti-<strong>Sikh</strong>ism elements<br />
*****<br />
GURDWARA BAN ON SHORT-HAIR MARRIAGE<br />
Jamshedpur, March 13, 2005: Parvinder Bhatia<br />
Buoyed by the success of the ban imposed on jeans-clad<br />
women from entering the Gurdwara premises, the Central<br />
Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee (CGPC) here has<br />
decided to ban <strong>Sikh</strong>s with trimmed hair from getting<br />
married at gurdwaras. According to CGPC officials, the step<br />
has been taken to uphold the religious customs of the<br />
community. <strong>The</strong>y said the decision was taken after<br />
consulting senior members of the community. CGPC has<br />
written to the heads of 23 Gurdwara prabandhak committees<br />
in the city to implement the decision.<br />
It has also warned the committees of strict action if they<br />
were found flouting the orders. “<strong>The</strong> holy books have some<br />
directives on hair in our religion but it is sad that people,<br />
especially the youths, are shaving their beards and heads<br />
and disowning the sacred beliefs. It is essential to create<br />
awareness among them,” said Sardar Shailendar Singh, a<br />
senior official of the CGPC.<br />
Members, men or women, with trimmed hair will not be<br />
allowed to perform “Anand Kharaj” (a religious marriage<br />
ceremony) on the Gurdwara premises. Senior CGPC vicepresident<br />
Harbhajan Singh said the decision would work as<br />
a pressure tactic on youths so that they will learn to respect<br />
their hair. “Hair is the identity of a <strong>Sikh</strong> but it is sad that<br />
trimming of hair has become a sort of fashion among<br />
youths. We have to make them realise the importance of our<br />
beliefs. <strong>The</strong> ban will also serve an eye opener for parents,”<br />
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he said. Singh, who is also the president of Sonari Gurdwara<br />
Prabandhak Committee, said the Gurdwaras have already<br />
started implementing the decision.<br />
However, the decision taken by the central body is set to<br />
snowball into a controversy as some members have started<br />
voicing their protest. “<strong>The</strong> decision is unjustified. At a time<br />
when other religions are becoming liberal, how can the<br />
religious heads of our community be so rigid We would<br />
protest the decision,” said Avatar Singh Nagi, a resident of<br />
Baridih. However, Sardar Shailendra Singh, president of<br />
CGPC, said only a small section of people are protesting the<br />
decision and they are ready to face any type of challenge.<br />
*****<br />
TRANSLATION SCAM IN DELHI<br />
GURDWARA COMMITTEE<br />
Varinder Walia and Pawan Kumar<br />
Amritsar, March 13, 2005<br />
“I can’t understand or read Punjabi … It was the grace of the<br />
Almighty which made me accomplish the gigantic task of<br />
translating Guru Granth Sahib into different languages”.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are excerpts of video clips taken during a sting<br />
operation, which exposed the biggest ever ‘translation scam’<br />
of the Delhi <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurdwara Management Committee<br />
(DSGMC) spanning over four decades.<br />
This is for the first time that spy cameras were used by<br />
certain <strong>Sikh</strong> organisations to expose the DSGMC .<strong>The</strong><br />
translation/transliteration done by Mr Vemaraju Bhanu<br />
Murti, a Telugu-speaking person, and assigned by the<br />
DSGMC, had glaring discrepancies . <strong>The</strong> translation and<br />
publication of Gurbani involved a huge budget, which seem<br />
to have gone waste.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sting operation was carried out by the Delhi-based<br />
Global United Research and Service Institute of Knowledge<br />
for Humanity (GURSIKH) along with the Naujwan Khalsa<br />
Phulwari (NKP). <strong>The</strong>se organisations have urged Akal Takht<br />
to get the matter investigated and take stern action against the<br />
guilty. However, Mr Parmjit Singh Sarna, President,<br />
DSGMC, has said that he had withdrawn the work from Mr<br />
Murti. He said the DSGMC would constitute an inquiry<br />
committee to take action against those who were involved in<br />
assigning the translation task to a non-Punjabi-speaking<br />
person .<br />
Dr Sukhpreet Singh Udhoke, vice-president of GURSIKH,<br />
and Mr Avtar Singh of the NKP at a press conference here<br />
today alleged large-scale misuse of golak funds in getting<br />
Guru Granth Sahib translated into Telugu and 17 other<br />
languages. <strong>The</strong>y alleged misappropriation worth lakhs in<br />
connivance with DSGMC members. <strong>The</strong>y alleged that Mr<br />
Murti was honoured with siropa and described as ‘panth<br />
vidvan’.<strong>The</strong>y alleged that during the translation, the meaning<br />
of certain stanzas of Gurbani was distorted.<br />
Dr Sukhpreet Singh said from 1962 to 1999 only Sukhmani<br />
Sahib and Japuji Sahib was translated and that too only in<br />
Telugu, but surprisingly after 1999 till 2002 the same person<br />
was able to translate Guru Granth Sahib into 17 languages<br />
in a short span. Mr Avtar Singh alleged that during the<br />
translation of Guru Granth Sahib, maryada was not<br />
observed. He requested the Jathedar Akal Takht to<br />
immediately ban and stop the publishing of the translations.<br />
*****<br />
TRANSLATION OF GRANTH SAHIB NOT<br />
ACCEPTABLE:<br />
Bibi Jagir Kaur<br />
Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Tribune News Service, Chandigarh, February 9, 2005<br />
<strong>The</strong> SGPC today opened a new front against the<br />
organisations and individuals engaged in the translation of<br />
Guru Granth Sahib in other languages such as Telugu, Urdu,<br />
Kannad, Tamil and Hindi.<br />
Giving a clear warning in this regard to the organisations<br />
and individuals concerned, the president of the SGPC, Bibi<br />
Jagir Kaur, said that certain organisations were engaged in<br />
the translation of Guru Granth Sahib. "It was not acceptable<br />
and nothing should be done in this regard without the<br />
SGPC's permission", she added. Books could be published<br />
about the meaning of Gurbani in Guru Granth Sahib, its<br />
significance and message.<br />
"Guru Granth Sahib could not be translated or published in<br />
its original form in any other language nor the ' Parkash' of<br />
the translated work could be held anywhere", she added.<br />
After the meeting of the executive committee of the SGPC,<br />
she said that strict action would be taken against those<br />
resorting to the translation of the holy Granth.<br />
*****<br />
GIANI SANT SINGH MASKEEN<br />
Pritpal Singh Bindra, Ontario, Canada’ [pritpalbindra@rogers.com]<br />
In a few <strong>Sikh</strong> Forums there have been a number of postings<br />
commenting on the sudden demise of Giani Sant Singh<br />
Maskeen. Most of those paid honourable tributes whereas<br />
some expressed discontent, too, which were criticised. Mrs.<br />
A. Singh of Canada wrote, “As a person in the public eye,<br />
one cannot just grant him blanket immunity by virtue of<br />
death, if praises can be heaped so can criticism. It is idle,<br />
malicious, mal-intentioned criticism that one should keep<br />
away from. Without constructive criticism no one would<br />
ever learn."<br />
I have great regard for Maskeen Jee. No doubt he was<br />
bestowed with a gift of gab. His frequent references to the<br />
Persian and Sanskrit sources were quite impressive. But his<br />
knowledge of history was confined to the history books<br />
written heavily under the influence of Brahminical criteria.<br />
Not only him but also almost all of our Kathawachiks are<br />
heavily influenced by the superfluous stories in these books<br />
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which are quite contrary to the Gurmat philosophy. Unless<br />
and until concerted efforts are put in to evolve an authentic<br />
narration of the circumstances prevailing at the time, we<br />
cannot blame these narrators.<br />
But we are a divided nation. Recently a group of historians<br />
under the direction of SGPC brought out first volume of four<br />
“authentic” ‘<strong>Sikh</strong> History’. Instead of giving the points,<br />
which needed looking into, one S. Manjit Singh has come<br />
heavily on the compilers (Spokesman, Chandigarh Nov. 2004<br />
issue) Instead of criticising the compilers, I would have<br />
expected the writer to go through the book and point out what<br />
facts are erroneous and what should have been there<br />
according to his research<br />
Listening to Maskeen Jee in the audience was quite different<br />
to talking to him in person. In private or public conversation,<br />
he would never like to hear contradicting views, may those<br />
be supported authentically.<br />
*****<br />
guru srvru hm hMs ipafry<br />
pRo: ieMdr isMG Gwgf<br />
igafn dy cfnx qoN ibnF mnuwKqf pÈUaF vFg jUn Bog ky (Kfieaf mYlu<br />
vDfieaf, pYDY Gr kI hfix .. bik bik bfdu clfieaf ibnu nfvY ibKu<br />
jfix .. (1331) sMsfr qoN ivdf ho jFdI hY . PÉr jog mfarky mfrny<br />
qF bhuq dUr dI gwl hY, afm mnuwK nUM qF kyvl, Kfxf, pIxf, pYnxf qy<br />
TIk qrHF bolxf BI nhIN afAuNdf . pÈU ieqnf gMd nhIN iKlfrdf, ijqnf<br />
mnuwK aKvfAux vflf iKlfrdf hY . gMdgI kUVf pRdUÈx anyk qrHF df<br />
jbfn df, ilKqF df, DoKf Pryb qy hor keI qrIikaF df . sdIaF ipCoN<br />
kudrq imhrbfn ho ky iksy pYgMbr nUM DrqI qy, ivÈyÈ kfrjF leI<br />
GldI hY . aijhy rOÈn idmfg, BUq BivwK dI soc rwKx vfly,<br />
prAupkfr dy mujwsmy, mhFpurK ‘‘mUrK mugD`` lokF nUM, ijAuxf mrnf<br />
isKfAuNdy hn . siqgurU nfnk sfihb jI ny, jo lfsfnI pUrny pfey, jo<br />
nvyN rfhF dI inÈfn dyhI kIqI, mnuwK nUM ikrqm pUjf vwloN hoV ky, iek<br />
dy pujfrI bxfieaf, kfierqf Biraf nrkI jIvn ijAux vfilaF<br />
‘‘(ÈUkr suafn grDb mMjfrf .. pÈU mlyC nIc cMzflf .. gur qy muhu<br />
Pyry iqn join BvfeIaY.. bMDin bfiDaf afeIaY jfeIaY ..`` (832) nUM<br />
siqgurU jI ny, ‘‘ijn mfxs qy dyvqy kIey`` vrgf aiq ibKVf pr<br />
bhuq jrUrI kfrj afrMB kr idwqf . hor anyk prAupkfr hn siqgurU<br />
jI dy, pr hQly lyK ivwc kyvl, ‘‘ kF icwty hoey jF kFvF qoN hMs bx<br />
gey, jF iPr ipMgly (kohVI ) df rog hwitaf, qMdursq bixaf`` bfry<br />
gurbfxI dI afKrI ksOtI qy, swc JUT dI prK kIqI jfvygI .<br />
swc df sUrj gurbfxI pVH ivcfr ky, afm mnuwK igafn dy cfnx nfl,<br />
afpxy idmfg dy hnyry kony rOÈn kr irhf sI . dunIaF jhfn dy pfey<br />
bMDn, vihm Brm, nrk surg, dfn puMn qIrQ ieÈnfn afid dy<br />
gurbfxI rUpI qyg rfhIN prKcy Auzdy jf rhy sn . sdIaF qoN ikrqIaF<br />
dI kmfeI qy plx vfly ‘‘prjIvI``, Drm df colf pihnI bYTy iÈkfrI,<br />
afpxy hlvy mMzy nUM CyqI kIqy ikvyN iqafg dyNdy iehnF ivhlV<br />
luwtyiraF dIaF DfVF ny, klpq khfxIaF df shfrf lY ky, ‘‘klru Kyqu<br />
lY kUVu jmfieaf, sB kUVY ky Klvfry`` (981) mhFvfk muqfbk, gurU<br />
GrF ivwc inqf pRqI, svyry Èfm, bVI inlwjqf nfl, iehnF muPq<br />
KoiraF ny JUT khfxIaF df pRcfr afrMB idwqf . igafn dy sfgr nUM<br />
(gurbfxI) DUPF DuKf, twlIaF vjf icmty ZolkIaF KVkf, joqF jgf,<br />
Bog lgvf ky hUbhU mUrqI dI inafeI pUjf jogf bxf ky rwK idwqf .<br />
afm iswK nUM gurbfxI qoN qoiVaf igaf. sUrj pRkfÈ, guriblfs<br />
pfqÈfhI CyvIN (sB qoN niKwD) qy klpq bfly vflI sfKI nfl joVn df<br />
bwjr pfp kIqf igaf . ijnHF ikqfbF ivwc, siqgurU sfihbfn, BgqF<br />
aqy jIvn vfly iswKF dI, byÈrmI nfl byiewjqI kIqI geI sI, AuhnF<br />
ikqfbF dI pRsMsf hoeI, gurdvfiraF ivwc kQf afrMB krvfeI geI .<br />
ijs gMdgI BrI KfeI ivcoN, siqgurU jI ny mnuwKqf nUM bfhr kwiZaf<br />
sI, iehnF pMQ doKI pujfrIaF ny, muV Ausy gMdI dldl ivwc suwt idwqf<br />
. ieiqhfsk aqy vwzy nfmI gurdvfry, iehnF pMQ doKI qy gurbfxI<br />
ivroDI mnmuwKqf dy isr kwZvyN awzy bx ky AuBry hn .<br />
siqgurU jI dI pfvn bfxI dy huMidaF hor iksy sbUq dI loV nhIN huMdI<br />
. sfrI dunIaF dy lok iewk pfsy hox, gurU dI bfxI dUjy pfsy hovy, qF<br />
swcf iswK, ibnF dyrI siqkfr sihq gurU jI dy ipwCy hovygf . pr gËb<br />
dyKo, idn idhfVy gurbfxI dy hukmF dI AulMGxf krn vfly, duÈt<br />
krm, vwzy gurdvfiraF ivcoN, vwzy lIzrF qy jwQydfrF vwloN kIqy krfey<br />
jf rhy hn . hQly lyK nUM isrP drbfr sfihb dy srovr ivwcoN ‘‘kfly<br />
kF icwty ho ky inkly`` qwk sImq rwKx dI koiÈÈ kIqI jfvygI . ibnF<br />
iksy pRmfixk sbUq aqy hvfly qoN, ieh pRcfiraf igaf ik iewQy iewk<br />
CwpVI hoieaf krdI sI . AuQy rfm cMdr aqy sIqf bxvfs smyN afey<br />
df kuPr qoilaf igaf . kuJ iewk ny hor keI sfry pIrF PkIrF df<br />
afAuxf BI ilK Diraf . iPr pwtI dy rfjy (pwtI ielfky ivwc pVqfl<br />
krn qy aijhy iksy rfjy dy hox bfry sbUq nhIN imly ) dIaF swq<br />
lVkIaF juafn hoeIaF . Aus ny sfrIaF nUM vfrI vfrI puwiCaf-’’qusIN<br />
iks dI iksmq nfl rotI KFdIaF ho `` vwzIaF Cy lVkIaF afiKaf,<br />
ipqf jI! quhfzI iksmq nfl . CotI ny glq jvfb dy idwqf, ‘ aKy mYN<br />
afpxI iksmq df Kf rhI hF. `` rfjf sKq nfrfË ho igaf . Jwtpwt<br />
iek kohVI (ipMglf) lVkf lwB ky afpxI lVkI df ivafh Aus nfl<br />
kr idwqf . ‘‘vyKF hux qUM afpxI iksmq dI rotI ikvyN KfvygIN hYN !<br />
hnyr sfeIN df .. iek mfsUm lVkI vwloN swc bolx qoN, kroD ivwc Br<br />
ky, aYzI iBafnk sËf idwqI koeI ipqf afpxI bytI dI ijMdgI ies<br />
qrHF brbfd kr skdf hY KYr ! lVkf tur nhIN skdf sI, lVkI<br />
rjnI ny, ies nUM tokrI ivwc pfky, isr qy cuwk ilaf, qy BIK mMg ky<br />
rotI Kfx lwgI . rfjy dI bytI suMdr jvfn, jmfny dy lPMigaF qy<br />
srkfrI guMizaF, AuhnUM byieËq nF kIqf iPr Auh turdI hoeI,<br />
aMimRqsr (qdoN cwk rfmdfs) CwpVI dy iknfry, ipMgly vflI tokrI rwK<br />
ky, Kud rotI mMgx clI geI . ipMgly ny vyiKaf ik CwpVI ivwc kfly kF<br />
cuwBI lfAuNdy hn, ieÈnfn krdy hn, qy sPYd ho ky bfhr inkldy hn<br />
. keI QfeIN hMs bx ky Auzdy gey BI iliKaf imldf hY . ies qoN pRyrq<br />
ho ky ipMglf irVdf hoieaf, CwpVI ivwc jf izwgf . bs iPr kI sI,<br />
qurMq srIr kuMdn (sonf) vrgf bx igaf qMdurq . pUrI zIl zOl<br />
vflf suxwKf nOjvfn . rjnI nUM tokrI lfgy bYTf imilaf . rjnI ny<br />
puwiCaf qUM kOx hYN myrf pqI (ipMglf ) ikQy hY ‘‘qyrf pqI mYN hI hF,<br />
ies CwpVI ivcoN, kFvF nUM icwty huMdy vyK ky mYN BI cuwBI mfr leI, qy<br />
nONbr nON qyry sfhmxy KVf hF`` . nhIN ! qUM JUT boldf hYN, rjnI kVkI<br />
. nOjvfn ny afpxy hwQ df iewk aMgUTf, hflI pihlF vflI hflq ivwc<br />
rwiKaf hoieaf sI . Auh pfxI ivwc zob idwqf, awK dy Por ivwc<br />
qMdrusq ho igaf . rjnI qy nOjvfn ny, gurU rfmdfs jI dy crnF qy<br />
mwQf tyikaf . aÈIrvfr lY ky cly gey, suKI jIvn bqIq krn lwgy .<br />
gurU rfmdfs jI ny Ausy QF qy srovr bxvfieaf . kohVy TIk hox df<br />
vrdfn idwqf . qdoN qoN sfD sMgq jI, ieQy anykF lokF dy rog kwty jf<br />
rhy hn . ikAuNik mhfrfj jI ny, gurbfxI ivwc iliKaf hoieaf hY,<br />
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glq ikvyN ho skdf hY- ‘‘aMimRqsru siqguru siqvfdI ijqu nfqY kAUaf<br />
hMsu hohY.`` ies gurU pMkqI nUM suxky hr iswK dI jbfn ruk jFdI hY .<br />
afpxy siqgurU jI nUM glq ikvyN afKy dfs lMmy smyN qwk ies duibDf<br />
aqy pRyÈfnI ivwc Btkdf irhf. siqgurU jI ny afp hI rihmq krky,<br />
gurbfxI nUM arQF smyq pVHn leI pRyiraf . ‘‘kF, kAUaf vfly, aqy<br />
srovr vfly`` Èbd not krdf igaf . sfry ÈMikaF df srb nfÈ ho<br />
igaf . iewk iewk svfl df juafb iml igaf . afAu awgy lVI nUM cldI<br />
rKIey-<br />
1[ pihlI gwl qF ieh ik aMimRqsr srovr, siqgurU jI kfrn siqkfr<br />
df pfqr bixaf hY jF ik rfm cMdr sIqf kfrn jF guriblfs pf:<br />
CyvIN pusqk muqfbk ivÈnUM kfrn ikAuNik hrI nfm ivÈnUM df hY, ies<br />
qrF ieh ivÈnUM mMdr hY- sfvDfn, hoiÈafr . iPr mhfnqf ieQy<br />
pivwqr bfxI dI hY jF srovr dI iPr pRbMDkF pujfrIaF pYqVf bdl<br />
ilaf . nhIN jI soBf qF gurbfxI dI hI hY, pr dyKo nF lgfqfr bfxI df<br />
kIrqn hox krky, srovr mhfn ho igaf . iPr gurbfxI df kIrqn<br />
pfT kQf qF hor BI anyk QfeIN ho irhf hY, AuQoN dy CwpV ikAuN pivwqr<br />
nhIN bxy ies nUM jI siqgurU jI df vrdfn ju imilaf hoieaf hY .<br />
aijhIaF hËfr XblIaF pujfrIaF koloN suxn nUM imldIaF hn . dlIl<br />
qy Krf Auqrn vflf iewk BI jvfb nhIN imldf .<br />
rfvI diraf df pfxI, Kfl (hMslI) bxf ky, gurU Gr dy pRymI, sMqoK<br />
dfs qy pRIqm dfs ny srovr qwk puwjdf kIqf sI . purfqn simaF ivwc<br />
nihrF nF mfqr hI sn . vftr vrks (tUtIaF) df svfl hI nhIN sI .<br />
nlky jF bor lfAuxy hfly socy BI nhIN gey sn . iewko iewk sOKf sfDn<br />
sI pfxI dIaF loVF pUrIaF krn df; brsfq df pfxI nIvyN QF (CwpV<br />
srovr) iewkTf krky rwK ilaf jfvy . ieÈnfn, pIx, kwpVy Dox qy<br />
pÈUaF leI iewQoN hI pfxI vriqaf jFdf sI . ajy qwk Bfrq dy keI<br />
mfrUQlI ielfikaF ivwc, iesy qrHF kIqf jFdf hY . kuJ hwd qwk jfqpfq<br />
nUM Twl pfAux vfsqy, srovrF kMm kIqf . KUh dUjI qrjIh sI, ikAuNik<br />
iewtF pkfAuxIaF, lohy dIaF itMzF aqy KUh gyVn vflIaF grfrIaF<br />
bxfAuxIaF, bhuq aOKf sI . awj BI vyiKaf jf skdf hY, drbfr sfihb<br />
dIaF prkrmF vflf ihwsf, bfkI sQfn nfloN nIvF hY . ieh inrvfxqf<br />
df pRqIk nhIN hY, sgoN nIvyN QF pfxI iewkTf krn leI sI . kysrgVH<br />
(anMdpur) bhuq AuwcI phfVI qy bixaf hoieaf hY, iPr AusnUM kI hMkfr<br />
ivwc afPiraf mMinaf jfvygf dmdmf (qlvMzI sfbo) Aucy QF<br />
gurdvfrf suBfiemfn hY . PiqhgVH sfihb, duKinvfrn , pitaflf,<br />
ÈIÈ gMj bMglf sfihb qy rkfb gMj, idwlI sfry gurdvfry AuwcIaF QfvF<br />
qy bxy hoey hn , kI ieh sfry glq bx gey iPr aMimRqsr drbfr<br />
sfihb dI inmrqf nUM ikvyN TIk iswD kIqf jf skygf . kI ies inmrqf<br />
dy pRqIk asQfn ivwc kfbj lok inmrqf nfl BrpUr hn ies<br />
asQfn dy nËdIk qyjf isMG smuMdrI hfl aMdr sfl ivwc do vfrI<br />
kTpuqlIaF df iGnfAuxf qmfÈfhuMdf hy . iewk kmytI dy pRDfn dI<br />
‘‘lPfPy vflI cox. kmytI mYNbr pihlF hI sfry aiDkfr ‘kflI dl dy<br />
pRDfn nUM sONp ky, crnF qy ÈIÈ Jukf ky, vPfdfrI df akwt sbUq pyÈ<br />
kr idMdy hn . `` hfkm DVf alocnf sunx df afdI nhIN huMdf . gurU<br />
gMRQ sfihb dI hjUrI drbfr sfihb dy aYn nyVy, ‘‘kfghu hMs kry``<br />
vfly srovr dy smIp ieh mfnXog pMjF ‘‘isMG sfihbfn`` dy snmuK,<br />
iek dUjy dIaF pwgF lfhuMdy , dfVIaF kys puwtdy, DI-BYx puxdy, sfl<br />
ivwc do vfrI vyKy jf skdy hn . nvMbr ivwc pRDfngI qy mfrc ivwc<br />
bwjt iewkT . iehnF dI ibrqI hMs nhIN bxI iehnF dy mn df kohV<br />
nhIN hwitaf . ieh awj kl kF nhIN rhy, ivcfrf kF bVf zrpok huMdf hY<br />
. ieh lok ‘‘hwk prfieaf`` (gurU kI golk) Kf Kf ky, inrIaF<br />
hfbVIaF hoeIaF igrJF df rUp Dfrn kr cuwky hn . srovr dy<br />
ieÈnfn ny, iehnF df rfeI mfqr kuJ nhIN sMvfiraf .<br />
Bfrq Br ivwc aMdfËn pMdrF lwK dIrG (kohV) rog vfly pRfxI mOjUd<br />
hn . ryzIE, tI[vI[ qy aKbfrF rfhIN, AuhnF qwk Kbr ikAuN nhIN<br />
pucfeI jFdI ik afAu vIro, BYxo ies pivwqr srovr ivwc ieÈnfn kro,<br />
quhfzf rog hwt jfx dI pwkI grMtI hY . Kbr kMnI pYNidaF hI ieh lok<br />
DfeI krdy hoey, aMimRqsr puwjxgy . pUrI ÈrDf nfl ieÈnfn krngy .<br />
qMdursq ho jfx dI sUrq ivwc, sdf leI gurU crnF dy BOry bx jfxgy<br />
. iswK pMQ df nroaf aMg bx jfxgy . sMsfr dy lokF nUM kUk kUk ky<br />
dsxgy, asIN ies krfmfqI srovr ivwc ieÈnfn krky nONbr nON ho<br />
gey hF, bVf mhfn hY ieh gurU dr . afAuN qusIN BI ieQoN KuÈIaF dIaF<br />
JolIaF Br lY jfAu . aglI mËydfr gwl ieh ik ÈomxI kmytI<br />
vfilaF, cOQy pfiqÈfh jI dy nfm qy ‘‘gurU rfm dfs hspqfl qy<br />
kflj`` aMimRqsr ivwc hI keI sflF qoN clfieaf hoieaf hY . jy kohV<br />
vrgy mfrU rog srovr ieÈnfn nfl rPf ho skdy hn qF bfkI rog<br />
ikhVy bfg dI mUlI hn hspqflF qy kroVF ruipaf ikAuN ‘brbfd`<br />
kIqf jf irhf hY . iehI pRcfr Zol vjf ky ikAuN nhIN kr idwqf jFdf<br />
ik ‘‘srb rog k aAuKd, sRovr ieÈnfn`` . ies ihsfb qF sfry<br />
hspqfl bMd ho jfxgy, zfktr ivcfry byruËgfr [[[[[<br />
iPr iek iGsI iptI bodI ijhI gwl afKxgy, ieQoN dy aMny pRbMDk<br />
‘‘pihly smyN ivwc kohVI df kohV hwt igaf sI . awj kl qF kdy<br />
kdfeIN koeI ‘‘cmqkfr`` vfpr jFdf hY . pr nhIN ies df mqlb<br />
awjkl soRvr dI qfkq Gt geI hY iPr kuPr qolxgy, ‘‘AuhnF<br />
vkqF ivwc kfly kF icwty ho gey sn, kuJ ku hMs BI bx gey sn, pr<br />
hux nhIN bxdy, jmfnf jo burf af igaf hY .`` ikrpf krky dwso AuhnF<br />
icwty kFvF dI Aulfd icwtI hI jMmI sI ik kflI jy bwcy kfly jMmy qf<br />
ikAuN jy icwty hI jMmdy sn, qd awj kl AuhnF icwty kFvF dy drÈn<br />
ikAuN nsIb nhIN huMdy hMs dI koeI nsl awj qwk ikDyr vyKx ivwc<br />
nhIN afeI . hF vwzI sPyd bwqK nUM hMs mMn ilaf jfvy qF koeI<br />
aPsos nhIN. pr ieh pwkI bfq hY ik hMs numf bwqK, kF dy sRovr<br />
ieÈnfn qoN pRgt nhIN hoeI . AuhnF dI awj BI afpxI iewk alwg<br />
nsl hY . ies sRovr dy pfxI nUM ÈrDf vs, aMimRq afK ilaf jFdf hY<br />
. kI aMimRq nfm krx nfl pfxI aMimRq bxf jFdf hY sfry Èihr df<br />
nfm BI qF aMimRqsr hI hY, kI Èihr ivcoN burfeIaF df Bog pY ipaf <br />
afm ÈihrF vFg hI corIaF, TwgIaF, kql, irÈvqF, blfqkfr<br />
nÈy[[[[[[[. kI hY ieQy jo vKrf hY drbfr sfihb ivwc gurU gMRQ<br />
sfihb nUM mwQf tykx sfr, awgy turnf pYNdf hY, ikAuNik sMgq ivwc bYT<br />
ky kIrqn sunx leI jgf bVI sImq hY . ipCly pfsy jfeIey qF iewQy<br />
PwtI qy iliKaf imlygf - ‘‘aMimRq df culf ipCy hwtky lvo jI`` .<br />
puwCx qy syvfdfr ny ierÈfd Purmfieaf - ‘‘mUMh ivcoN jUTf ho cuikaf<br />
aMimRq vfps nf izwgy, vrnf soRvr dy aMimRq nUM jUTf kr dyvygf `` .<br />
puwiCaf igaf peI aOh sfhmxy iesy sRovr ivwc jo sYNkVy lok nhf rhy<br />
hn, Auh afpxy jUTy mUMh, bfhr jmHF krvf afey hn Auh qF afpxy<br />
pYr BI ivwc zob rhy hn . hor qF hor jwQydfr jI ! afpxI ‘‘hgxI<br />
muUqxI`` BI kmly lok aMimRq ivwc zob rhy hn, ieh aMimRq qdoN<br />
BirÈt plIq nhIN ho jFdf gurU Purmfn hYaMDy<br />
aklI bfhry, mUrK aMDu igafnu .. nfnk ndrI bfhry, kbih n<br />
pfvih mfnu .. (790)<br />
Auey BilE purKo ! jo idmfg vfihgurU jI ny bKiÈaf hY, Aus dI kdI<br />
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Xog vrqoN BI krogy ik korf (ax vriqaf) hI vfps Byj idEgy rfvI<br />
diraf bfkI afm dirafvF vFg, phfVF ivcoN inkl ky, pTfxkot qoN<br />
Auprly pfsy, KulHy mYdfnI ielfky ivwc af Auqrdf hY . ipCy phfVF ivwc<br />
qF jn jIvn nFh dy brfbr hY, kwcI imwtI BI nhIN hY, ies leI pfxI<br />
svwC rihMdf hY . ies qoN awgy jIvn prvfh bhuqf, pÈU pMCI, afpxIaF<br />
loVF pUrIaF krdy hn . diraf dy nyVy vsy ÈihrF, ngrF ksibaF df<br />
sfrf gMdf pfxI, ml mUqr, nflIaF duafrf dirafvF ivwc pNYdf kr<br />
idwqf jFdf hY . nyVy lwgIaF PYktrIaF df mlbf qy dUiÈq pfxI BI,<br />
dirafvF ivwc vhf idwqf jFdf hY . iknfiraF qy pÈU crdy hn, mwJF<br />
gfvF cuwBIaF lfAuNdIaF hn . bhuq sfry pÈU qy mnuwK mrn qy ivwc rohV<br />
idwqy jFdy hn . pfxI aMdrly jIv zwz mwC kwCUkumy, mgrmwC afid<br />
axigxq Coty vwzy jIv, dirafvF ivwc hI jnm lYNdy hn, jIvn<br />
ikirafvF krdy hn, ivcy mr jFdy hn . brsfq ivwc AucIaF QfvF df<br />
sfrf gMd, kUVf, kcrf pfxI nfl ruV ky diraf ivwc af pYNdf hY . ies<br />
dirafeI pfxI ivwcoN drbfr sfihb leI pfxI pRfpq kIqf jFdf hY .<br />
jrf TMZy idmfg iPr sfrf nkÈf awKF awgy ilafAu ik ieh pfxI ikMnf<br />
rfhF ikMnF hflfqF rfhIN aMimRqsr phuMicaf hY . iPr ieQy puwjidaF hI<br />
ieh ‘‘aMimRq`` ikvyN bx igaf aMimRq df awKrI arQ hY ‘‘ijs jl dy<br />
pIx nfl mOq nf afvy`` . ieQoN lwKF lokF pfxI pIqf hY, kI Auh amr ho<br />
gey jI nhIN Auh sfry BI mOq df gRfs bxy hn . awj dy lotU pujfrI BI<br />
amr nhIN hn, iksy vyly BI PUk inkl skdI hY . ipCy ieiqhfs vl<br />
JfqI mfr lE . sRovr dI gwl Cwzo, KMzy kI pfhul lYx vfly BI srIr<br />
krky amr nhIN hoey . pfvn gurbfxI pVHn ivcfrn vfly BI, sdIv<br />
nhIN jIvy . ijnHF siqkfr Xog siqpurKF ny pfvn gurbfxI Aucfrx<br />
kIqI sI, srIr krky Auh BI ivdf ho gey . AuhnF Kud hI svIkfr<br />
kIqf hY bfxI ivwc ik BfeI srIr sdf nhIN rhygf - kbIr iehu qnu<br />
jfiegf skhu q lyhu bhoir.. nFgy pfvhu qy gey ijn ky lfK kroir ..<br />
(1365) jdoN ies swcfeI nUM iksy Cl Pryb nfl JUTlfieaf hI nhIN jf<br />
skdf, ik srIr ny sdf iQr nhIN rihxf, jo jnimaf hY Aus srpr hI<br />
mrxf hY. iPr rfvI diraf df sfDfrx pfxI, bf-rfsqf drbfr sfihb<br />
ho ky qIE kfl aMimRq nhIN bx jFdf . ies vwzy ‘‘aMimRq kuMz`` dI rIs<br />
kridaF bfxI df pfT krn vyly, nyVy kYnI, GVf, lotf, boqlF afidk<br />
pfxI pf ky itkf idwqIaf jFdIaF hn . nfl hI iek sRIPl (nfrIal)<br />
sRI gxyÈ jI dI pUjf vflf rwK ilaf jFdf hY . ies afs nfl ik ies<br />
ivwc gurbfxI pRvyÈ kr jfvygI . pfT smfpqI qy pivwqr ‘‘aMimRq``<br />
Ck lvFgy . nfrIal dI igrI Kf lvFgy . byVf pfr, lok pRlok dy suK,<br />
bfxI df ‘‘Pl`` ibnF suxy ibnF smJy iksy gYbI ÈkqI nfl aMdr dfKl<br />
hox df Brm pfl lYNdy hn , ieh afigafnI ÈrDflU . crn pfhul dyx<br />
vfly mhFpurK, (asl ivwc mhF mUrK) sfry iPr ikAuN vgdI gMgf ivwc<br />
cuwBI nf lfAux Auh PUkF mfr ky, mMqr pVHky, pfxI, qvIq, afty dy<br />
pyVy dy ky gfvF mwJF qy ÈrDfvfn bIbIaF nUM duwD puwq dIaF dfqF dIaF<br />
JVIaF lf idMdy hn . kfÈ ieh bfby ÈoRmxI kmytI dy sqfeI sfl rhy<br />
pRDfn gucrn isMG tOhVf nUM iek do puwqr bKÈ idMdy ijs dy koeI<br />
Aulfd nhIN hY .<br />
afAu ieh vyKx dI koiÈÈ krIey ik pfvn gurbfxI ivwc ‘‘aMimRq``<br />
iknF arQF ivwc afieaf hY . (gurU gRMQ koÈkfrI arQ - sMpfdk zf:<br />
gurcrn isMG, pRkfÈk pMjfbI XUnI: pitaflf, ivcoN)<br />
1[ nfm- aMimRq nfmu mMin vsfey .. 118<br />
2[ gurbfxI - ‘aMimRq` bfxI sdf slfhy aMimRiq aMimRqu pfvixaf ..<br />
118<br />
3[ bolxf - ‘aMimRq` bolY sdf muiK vYxI .. aMimRq vyKY prKY sdf nYxI<br />
.. 118<br />
4[ siqgurU - siqgur ivic ‘aMimRq` nfmu hY aMimRqu khY khfey ..<br />
1423<br />
5[ hukm- amrdfis ‘aMmrq` CqR gur rfmih dIaAu .. 1408<br />
6[ idRÈtI - ‘aMimRq` idRÈit sMic jIvfey .. 191<br />
7[ mwKx - rsnf nfm jphu qb mQIaY ien ibiD ‘aMimRq` pfvhu ..<br />
728<br />
8[ duwD- soien ktorI ‘aMimRq` BrI .. ly nfmy hir afgY DrI .. 1163<br />
9[ srIr- ‘aMimRq` kfieaf rhY suKflI bfjI iehu sMsfro .. 154<br />
10[ afibhXfq- iJm iJm vrsY ‘aMimRq Dfrf` .. 102<br />
11[ ikrpf- aMdru lwBf rfm nfim ‘aMimRq` ndir inhflu .. 48<br />
12[ AUcy - ijhvy, ‘aMimRq’ hir gux gfAu .. 1219<br />
13[ imTy bcn - ijh pRsfid bolih ‘aMimRq` rsnf .. 269<br />
14[ Bojn - ijh pRsfid CqIh ‘aMimRq` Kfih .. 269<br />
15[ ivkfs - ibKusy ‘aMimRq` Bey gurmiq buiD pfeI ..akhu prmlu<br />
Bey aMqir vfsnf vsfeI .. 565] --- cldf<br />
ijnF mnuwKqf dy duÈmxF nUM byrIaF (duK BMjnI ) srovrF, rumfilaF,<br />
pIhiVaF, kVfh pRsfid vgYrf qoN cMgI coKI kmfeI ho jFdI hovy,<br />
AuhnF nUM kI loV hY, zUMGI Koj krn leI, KopVI nUM vfDU kÈt dyx dI<br />
iksy zyry ivwc mwJF nUM pwTy pfAu, gohf kUVf cuko, zyyrydfr dIaF lwqF<br />
bfhvF dI mfilÈ kro, pRÈfdy bxfAu qy KfE . ies qrHF gVveI bxky<br />
ivcfridaF kuJ kwcI pwkI bfxI iswK lAu . vkq afAux qy jF qy zyry<br />
dy muwKI bx jfAu . jF nvF zyrf iksy ivhlI peI Èfmlfq jmIn vyK<br />
ky, hor nhIN qF sVk/nihr dy iknfry, CwpV toBy lfgy, JMzf gwz idE<br />
. bfbf (gurU gMRQ sfihb jI) jI dI KfmoÈI df BrpUr Pfiedf<br />
AuTfAuidaF, pRkfÈ ilaf kro . jy kMm cl igaf qF sfrI Aumr leI<br />
hlvf mMzf vfDU, byaMq cyly cylIaF dy vhIr cly afAuxgy . jy ikqy<br />
iksy rfjsI bMdy nfl sFJ pY geI qF drbfr sfihb df gRMQI, hYz<br />
gRMQI, jwQydfr qy isMG sfihbI vflf btyrf BI pYr Qwly af skdf hY.<br />
mOjF hI mOjF syvkF nUM. kurfhy pfAu, quhfzI mrjI . jy koeI isr<br />
iPiraf iqV iPV kry ‘‘ hukmnfmf`` dfg dy pMQ ivcoN kwZ mfrn<br />
vrgf ‘Aupkfr` kr dyxf .<br />
ijs pfvn Èbd dy anrQ krn df gunfh kIqf igaf hY, Aus dy<br />
drÈn kro, peI ikvyN kF qoN hMs bixaf sI -<br />
durmiq BfghIn miq PIky, nfm sunq afvY min rohY ..<br />
kAUaf kfg kAu aMimRq rsu pfeIaY, iqRpqY ivstf Kfie muiK gohY ..<br />
aMimRqsru siqguru siqvfdI, ijqu nfqY kAUaf hMsu hohY .<br />
nfnk Dnu DMnu vwzy vzBfgI, ijnH gurmiq nfmu irdY mlu DohY .. 492<br />
sMKyp sfr - BYVI mq vfly, iPkf bolx vfly, nykI Aupkfr dI cMgI<br />
gwl suxky guwsy ivwc af jFdy hn . ieh kF ibrqI vfly iensfn hn,<br />
ijvyN kF cMgy pdfrQ Cwzky, gohy qy gMdgI Kf ky KuÈ huMdf hY . aMimRq<br />
vrgy igafn, guxF nfl BrpUr, swcfeI dy mfrg qy clx vfly,<br />
siqgurU jI dy igafn srovr ivwc, kAUaf ibrqI mnuwK jy af jfvy qF<br />
kF ibrqI qoN hMs (BlImq) ibrqI bx skdI hY . hy nfnk! DMnqf<br />
Xog hn Auh mnuwK vwzy BfgÈflI hn, ijnHF BYVI mwq iqafg ky,<br />
siqgurU jI dI cMgI (aMimRq vrgI) mq pRfpq kr leI . iqMnF ny gurU<br />
dy AupdyÈ duafrf ihrdy aMdroN ivkfrF dI mYl Do ky bfhr kwZ suwtI .<br />
ies pUry Èbd ivcoN iewk pMkqI cuk ky gurmq qoN Ault arQ krky,<br />
pRcfry gey hn . siqgurU jI koeI BuulyKf nhIN rihx dy rhy, pr sfzy<br />
Twg lfxy ny aijhy JUT bol ky, BolIaF sMgqF nUM KUb luwitaf hY qy<br />
gumrfh kIqf hY . ikQy ihsfb hovygf iehnF pMQ doKIaF df gurbfxI<br />
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ivwc gwl smJfAux leI anyk pÈU pMCIaF, kIVy mkOiVaF df iËkr<br />
afieaf hY . pr aijhf kF qoN hMs dI kpol klpnf ikqy nhIN imlygI .<br />
agly pMinaF qy gurbfxI ivwc kF df cirwqr vwKo vwK rUpF ivwc vyKo .<br />
1[ JUTy kAu nfhI piq nfAu .. kbhU n sUcf kflf kfAuN .. (839)<br />
JUTy ivakqI dI kfhdI iewjq ijvyN kF nhIN suDrdf kfly mn vflf BI<br />
afdqF qoN bfË nhIN afAuNdf .<br />
2[ jgu kAUaf muiK cuMc igafnu .. aMqir loBu JUTu aiBmfnu ..<br />
sMsfr dy lok kyvl kF vFg kYN kYN qF krdy hn, pr zUMGf igafn koeI<br />
nhIN hY . aijhy vfDU df bolx vfly aMdroN loBI JUTy qy hMkfrI hn .<br />
3[ ikaf hMsu ikaf bgulf jf kAu ndir kryie .. jo iqsu BfvY nfnkf<br />
kfgAuN hMsu kryie (91)<br />
prmysur ijs qy imhrvfn ho jfvy Auh Auqm ho jFdf hY . vfihgUr<br />
ikrpf krky bgulf ibrqI vfly qy kF ibrqI vfly jIv nUM hMs ibrqI<br />
vfly bxf skdf hY, (gurU dI iswiKaf pRfpq krky)<br />
4[ bgulf kfg nIc kI sMgiq jfie kurMg ibKU muiK lfeIaY ..<br />
nfnk myil myil pRB sMgiq imil sMgiq hMsu krfeIaY .. (881)<br />
nIc iensfn ikho ijhy hn bgulf ibrqI vfly, kF dy suBf vfly .<br />
aijhy nIc lokF dy myl nfl, iehnF vrgf hI suB bx jfvygf . hy<br />
vfihgurU jI mYnUM pRBU dy ipafiraF dI sMgq bKÈ dyvIN qF ik Auqm<br />
purKF dI sMgq sdkf mYN BI AucI buwDI vflf hMs vrgf bxf jfvF .<br />
5[ bgulf kfg n rheI srivr jy hovY aiq isafxf..Enf irjku n<br />
pfieE EQY Enf horoo Kfxf.. (956)<br />
ijvyN bgulf qy kF sfP jl vfly srovrF qy nhIN rihMdy, ikAuNik Auh<br />
gMdgI aqy kIVy Kfx dy afdI hn jo ik srovrF qy nhIN CwpVIaF qy<br />
imldy hn . ies qrHF nIvIN akl vfly lok, siqgurU jI dI aqy Bly<br />
guriswKF dI sMgq nhIN krdy . buiraF kol hI jf hfjr huMdy hn .<br />
6[ klr kyrI CpVI kAUaf mil mil nfie .. qnu mnu mYlf avguxI<br />
icMju BrI gMDI afie ..<br />
srvru hMis n jfixaf kfg kupMKI sMig..sfkq isAu aYsI pRIiq hY buJhu<br />
igafnI rMig.. (1411)<br />
ijvyN kwlr ivclI gMdy pfxI vflI CpVI hovy, kF vrgf gMdf pMCI gMdy<br />
pfxI ivwc sfP hox kI koiÈÈ kr irhf hovy . ies kF dI hflq ieh hY<br />
ik qn BI lbyV ilaf, mno awgy hI Kotf hY . iehny qF mfno hor bdbU<br />
pRfpq kr leI . smJo mnmuK iensfn, mnmuKF qoN nykI aqy guxvfn<br />
bxn df Brm pfl irhf hovy . mnmuK ny hMs vFg ibrqI nf bxfeI,<br />
siqgurU dy igafn rUp srovr df lfB nf ilaf . hy igafnvfn loko!<br />
bury mnuwKF df sfQ kIiqaF ivkfr hI pwly pYxgy . iehnF qoN nykI nhIN<br />
imlxI .<br />
7[ koit ibGn iqsu lfgqy ijs no ibsrY nfAuN .. nfnk anidnu iblpqy<br />
ijAuN suMvY Gir kfAuN.. (522)<br />
Aus mnuwK nUM axigxq ivkfr af dbocdy hn, ijs nUM rwbI Xfd ivsr<br />
jfvy . hy nfnk iPr hr roË ieAuN ivrlfp krdy hn, ijvyN kF nUM KflI<br />
GroN tuwkr nf lwBy, bnyry bYTf ivlkdf hY.<br />
8[ Driq suhfvVI afkfs shuMdf jpidaf hir nfAuN .. nfnk nfm<br />
ivhUixaf iqn qn Kfvih kfAuN ..<br />
pRBU nUM Xfd rwKx vfly Bly iensfnF leI koeI burf nhIN hY, Auh sfiraF<br />
nUM ipafr krdy hn. AuhnF df soc mMzl Kuwlf afkfÈ vrgf, syvf leI<br />
sfrI DrqI hY . nfm aqy guxF qoN swKxy mnuwKF nUM koeI ipafr nhIN<br />
krdf . AuhnF nUM aMqm smyN koeI lyKy lfAux vflf BI nhIN imldf . ijQy<br />
mry dyhI sVdI geI . kFvF afid jIvF ny Kf leI . Bfv aMdroN ivkfr<br />
Kf jFdy hn .<br />
9[ iPir iPir PfhI PfsY kAUaf .. iPir pCuqfnf ab ikaf hUaf ..<br />
(935)<br />
PfQf cog cugY nhIN bUJY .. siqgur imlY q afKI sUJY ..<br />
kF ibrqI vflf mnuwK bfr bfr glqI krdf hY . smJ nhIN huMdI pr<br />
aklmMd hox df JUTf Brm pfl lYNdf hY . bs ies leI Pisaf<br />
pCqfAuNdf BI rihMdf hY, ivkfrF nUM Cwz BI nhIN skdf. ivkfrF ivwc<br />
grk ho cuwikaf huMdf hY, ajy BI mn Biraf nhIN, smJ nhIN afeI .<br />
agr ikqy siqgurU dI AUcI mq Dfrn kr lvy, qF cMgf mMdf sfkfr<br />
spwÈt nËr af jfvy qy ivkfrF qoN bc jfvygf .<br />
10[ kfgAuN hoie n AUjlf lohy nfv n pfir .. iprm pdfrQu mMin lY<br />
DMnu sMvfrx hfru .. (1090)<br />
hy BfeI kF kdy sPyd nhIN huMdf, iesy qrF keI vfrI KotI buwDI vflf<br />
nyk slfh mMnx qoN ienkfrI ho jFdf hY . vfihgurU df nfm mMnx nfl,<br />
gurU dI mq lYx nfl bdl skIdf hY, Auh svfrx vflf DMn hY.<br />
11[ isK hMs srvir iekTy hoey, siqgur kY hukmfvY .. rqn pdfrQ<br />
mfxk srvir BrpUry,Kfie Kric rhy qoit n afvY ..<br />
siqgurU jI dI iswiKaf lY ky clx vfly hMs suBf vfly guriswK sMgq<br />
ivwc juVdy hn . gurU df igafn rUpI rqn pdfrQ moqI, pRfpq krky<br />
ihrdy ivwc vsfAuNdy hn . ieh siqgurU jI dy igafn dI pUMjI kdy<br />
mukdI nhIN . lwKF lokI ies pivwqr AupdyÈ nfl qr gey hn .<br />
12[ guru srvru hm hMs ipafry .. sfgr mih rqn lfl bhu sfry ..<br />
moqI mfxk hIrf hir jsu gfvq mnu qnu BInf hy .. (1027)<br />
hy BfeI ! aslI srovr - igafn df sfgr - siqgurU hY . ies<br />
igafn nUM pRfpq krn vfly iswK hI asl ivwc hMs hn . ‘gurU sfgr’<br />
ivwc bVy gux hn, inmrqf nfl ijny jI cfhy, ihrdy rUpI BFzy ivc<br />
pfAuNdy rihxf . moqI hIry asl ivwc kI hn gurU dI idwqI mq Auqm<br />
jIvn jfc . iehnF guxF nUM gfAuNidaF myrf afpxf afpf nykI<br />
cMigafeI vfly Auqm iensfnI guxF nfl BrpUr ho jFdf hY . iesy qrHF<br />
glq arQF kfrn aMimRqsr, sRo: kmytI dy iswK ajfieb Gr ivwc<br />
iek klpq bfbf PrId jI df mrx iknfry pey df icwqr bixaf<br />
vyiKaf jf skdf hY . sfhmxy kF bYTfieaf hY, bfbf jI ijvyN afK rhy<br />
hox - ‘‘ kFvF ny myrf sfrf mfs Kf ilaf, kyvl hwzIaF rih geIaF .<br />
hy kfvF myrIaF dovyN awKF nF KfvIN, ajy mYnUM Kudf vyKx dI afs hY `` .<br />
kfgf krMg ZMzoilaf,sglf Kfieaf mfsu..ieh duie nYnf mq CUhAu<br />
ipr dyKx dI afs.. (1382)<br />
gwl mnuwK nUM smJfAuxI sI, hvfly anyk jIvF, pÈUaF pMCIaF, kuwiqaF<br />
kFvF, ruwKF ibrKF, purfqn BgqF, dyvI dyviqaF dy iml jfxgy .<br />
qqsfr ieh ik iswK kyvl iewk akfl purK df pujfrI hY. gurbfxI<br />
ivwc iliKaf hY, iswK leI AuhI swc hY . dunIaF qy pujfrI kI kihMdy<br />
hn, ies dI pRvfh nhIN hoxI cfhIdI .<br />
min mYlY sBu ikCu mYlf qin Doqy mnu hCf n hoie .. iehu jgqu Brm<br />
Bulfieaf ivrlf bUJY koie.. (558)<br />
qIrQu hmrf hir ko nfmu .. guir Aupdyisaf qqu igafnu .. (1142)<br />
kfsI dI DrqI nUM sdIaF qoN pivqr DrqI hox df Zol vjfieaf igaf<br />
sI. hor qy hor jy koeI iensfn kfsI ivc mry qF iswDf svrg lok<br />
ivwc dfKl hovygf. mn mohxIaF prIaF Aus df suafgq krngIaF.<br />
sdf nfc gfxy qy KuÈbUdfr Èrfb nfl md msq hoey husIn apCrfvF<br />
nfl rMg rlIaF mnfAuNdy rhogy. jy svrg df itkt CyqI pRfpq krnf<br />
cfhuMdy ho qF afpxf sfrf mfl asvfb puwqrI pqnI, sB pujfrI dy<br />
hvfly kr idAu. pujfrI jI ‘‘pivqr mMqr`` pVHngy, do mËdUr<br />
krvwqr (afrf) iKcxgy. srIr do PfV cIiraf jfvygf. qurMq pRfx<br />
pMKyrU svrg Dfm puwj jfvygf. bol Boly nfQ kI jY.. sdIaF qoN hI gMgf<br />
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dy pfxI nUM pivwqr hox dI zozI ipwtI geI. jnm lYx vkq bwcy dy mUMh<br />
ivwc gMgf jl pfAuxf, pivwqr krm. jIvn bqIq kridaF keI pfp<br />
Auqfrn leI gMgf qy ieÈnfn krnf. bRfhmxF nMU mUMh mMigaf dfn dyxf,<br />
pYsf sonf bsqr, gAUaF, GoVy qy jy ho sky qF jvfn pqnI bytI BI dfn<br />
kIqI jf skdI hY. Auqnf hI vD Pl imlygf. iPr pRfxI dy mry qoN<br />
AusdIaF hwzIaF gMgf Gft ivc pfAuxIaF, bhuq sfrf dfn krnf.<br />
miraf ivakqI svrg ivwc puwj jfvygf. aMny srDflU gMgf iknfry jf<br />
ky bwicaF, vwizaF dy kys ktvf ky dfn krky iesnfn krnf, pivwqr<br />
kfrj smJdy sn. gurU nfnk sfihb nUM puwCIeymUMiz<br />
muMzfieaY jy gurU pfeIaY hm gurU kInI gMgfqf..<br />
iqRBvx qfrxhfru suafmI eyk n cyqis aMDfqf. m[1-155<br />
aY mUrK loko jy kys munf dyx nfl, prmysr imldf hovy qF mYN gMgf dy<br />
Gft qy jf ky kys ktvf idaF. pr qrlokI nUM qfrx vflf vfihgurU hY<br />
nf ik gMgf df pfxI. qusIN aigafnqf ivwc aMny lok kurfhy pY cuwky ho.<br />
ieMn ibMn iehI gwl awj drbfr sfihb aMimRqsr aqy srovr nfl nwQI<br />
kr idwqI geI hY. aKy gurbfxI duafrf srovr df pfxI pivwqr bx<br />
igaf. iesy leI iPr pfT ho rhy vkq, nfrIal GVf lMgr pRsfid sfry<br />
hI pivwqr bx gey qF dwso mnuwK ikAuN pivwqr nhIN ho rhy, AuhnF dy<br />
aMdroN ivkfr ikAuN nhIN Kqm ho rhy gurbfxI qF spIkrF dIaF kMn<br />
pfVvIaF afvfjF rfhIN hr roj sfry ipMzF ÈihrF ivwc suxfeI jFdI hY,<br />
kI suxn vfly sfry pivwqr ho gey ryzIE qrMgF rfhIN gurbfxI hvf<br />
ivwc PYl jFdI hY, sYtylfeIt rfhIN tI[ vI[ rfhIN dunIaF Br ivwc suxfeI<br />
dy rhI hY. kI sfrI hvf sfrI dunIaF pivwqr ho geI sB burfeIaF dI<br />
jVH puwtI geI pMjfb df iswK aKvfAux vflf qbkf 90% kys ktvf<br />
cwuikaf hY. ieqnf ku lfxf niÈaF dI KuwlI vrqoN kr irhf hY. vihm<br />
Brm pfKMz iehnF ‘‘gurU ipafr`` vfilaF aMdr nkf nwk Bry pey hn.<br />
aKMz pfTF spIkrF afid ny lokF dy mnF nuMU pivwqr ikAuN nhIN kIqf<br />
hF bhuq sfry lokF df qorI Pulkf gurbfxI dI afV ivwc KUb cldf af<br />
irhf hY.<br />
ÈRomxI kmytI dy sfbkf skwqr gurbcn isMG bcn qy pMjfbI itRibAUn<br />
imqI 18[11[03 ivwc mlvI jubfn rfhIN svIkfr kIqf hY ik ‘‘srovr<br />
df pfxI gMdf hox krky pihlF 1980 ivwc iPltr lgvfey sn.<br />
prdUÈx vD jfx kfrn rfvI diraf ivwc bhuq sfrIaF PYktrIaF df<br />
mlbf qy dUiÈq pfxI suwitaf jf irhf hY. afbfdI bhuq vD geI,<br />
mÈInrI bhuq af geI. ies leI iPltr lwgy hox dy bfvjUd pfxI sfP<br />
nhIN ho sikaf. mfihr ivakqIaF ny isPfrÈ kIqI hY ik hor cMgy<br />
iPltr lfey jfx vrnf mhFmfrI PYl skdI hY. amrIkf dy tRFspotr<br />
BrfvF ny vDIaf iPltr KrId ky idwqy hn jo lfey jf rhy hn.<br />
ieh iPltr pfxI sfP krn lwg pey, pr kfvF qoN hMs bnx dI PrybI<br />
khfxI df hux kI kIqf jfvygf nvInIkrn mÈInF iPltr lfey<br />
srovr dI sPfeI BI krfeI. ies srovr sPfeI dy nftk ivwc rfjnIqI<br />
KylI geI. aYn coxF dI qrIk nyVy afAux qy sfrf Pryb kIqf igaf qF<br />
ik iswKF dIaF BfvnfvF nuMU vot ivwc bdilaf jf sky. iehnF hI idnF<br />
ivwc vfjpfeI qy azvfnI jI BI af ‘‘syvf`` ivwc Èfml hoey. ikAuNik<br />
pihlF hI iehnF qoN puwC ky ieh qrIkF insicq kIqIaF geIaF sn.<br />
DMn iswKI DMn syvf qy DMn sfzf kflI lIzr.<br />
grIbI kfrn pMjfb df nOjvfn dr dr Btk irhf hY, gurmq qoN swKxf<br />
hY, iksfn KudkusIaF kr rhy hn. vfh myrI kOm dy mlfho bilhfr!<br />
qusIN sony cFdI dy qsly, khIaF nfl ‘‘kfr syvf`` kr rhy ho drbfr<br />
sfihb nUM sony ivwc mVH rhy ho ds kroV isklI igr qy vxjfrf iswK<br />
rotI qoN afqur hY, qno nMgf hY, pfxI ishq shUlqF, Kfxf, pVHfeI,<br />
gurmq dI jfxkfrI, AuhnF qwk kuJ BI kdy nhIN phuMicaf qy qusIN<br />
gurdvfiraF qy mfrvl lgvf rhy ho ‘‘ey[ sI[ iPt krvf rhy ho<br />
rom sV irhf hY nIro bMsrI vjf irhf hY``, iesy nUM nhIN afKFgy iswKF<br />
dI mfnisk igrfvt ieQoN qwk puwj geI hY pihloN gMgf df pfxI GrF<br />
ivwc sFB ky rwiKaf jFdf sI. iPr drbfr sfihb srovr df jl<br />
sFiBaf jfx lwgf qy hux kfr syvf rfhIN srovr ivwcoN inklI imwtI gfr<br />
nUM GrF ivwc sFB ky rwiKaf jfvygf. bhuq sfry srDflU imwtI GrF nUM<br />
iljFdy vyKy gey hn. kuJ iewk iËafdf srDfvfn ies imwtI nUM pRsfid<br />
smJ ky KFdy BI hoxgy. sIsy dy mrqbfnF ivwc imwtI pf ky sYlPF qy<br />
sjfeI jfvygI. jy pivwqr gurbfxI ny, gurU dI afqmk avfj ny, Dur<br />
kI bfxI ny, quhfzf kuJ nhIN sMvfiraf qF imwtI kI sMvfr dyvygI<br />
imwtI qy crnDUV jF srovr jl, iehI Auqm ho igaf gurU ipafr<br />
vfilE soco, ivcfro gurbfxI hI mhfn hY. iesy qoN agvfeI lAu.<br />
ivkfrF nUM iqafgo nykI vflf suwcf jIvn bqIq kro. ieho gurbfxI df<br />
hukm hY. gurbfxI nUM arQF smyq pVHn dI Kyclkro.<br />
afpnVf mnu vycIaY isru dIjY nfly.. gurmuiK vsqu pCfxIaY apnf<br />
Gru Bfly.. (420)<br />
gur kI syvf so kry ijsu afip krfey.. nfnk isru dy CUtIaY drgh<br />
piq pfey.. (421)<br />
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gurUU nwnk swihb dy AwpixAW lPzW iv`c<br />
bRwhmxvwd dw inKyd[<br />
JUTu n boil pwfy s`cu khIAY]<br />
haumY jwie sbid Gru lhIAY]pMnw (904) m:1]<br />
aupr ilKIAW pMgqIAW iv`c pMifq nUM JUT nw bolx vwsqy kih<br />
ky gurU nwnk dyv jI pMifq zW pMifqvwd dI SlwGw nhI kr<br />
rhy, sgoN zlIl hI kr hry hn[ vYsy lPz ieqny srl hn ik<br />
aulQw krn dI vI koeI zrUrq nhI, iPr vI AwpW pRO: swihb<br />
isMG jI dw tIkw dyK hI lYNdy hW[ hy pMifq! AwpxI AwjIvkw<br />
dI Kwqr jjmwnW nUM piqAwaux vwsqy ivAwh Awidk simAW dy<br />
SuB muhUrq l~Bx dw JUT nWh bol[ s`c bolxw cwhIdw hY[ zdoN<br />
gurU dy Sbd iv`c juV ky AMdr dI haumYN dUr ho zWdI hY qdoN<br />
auh Gr iml pYNdw hY ijQoN Awqmk qy sMswrk swry pdwrQ<br />
imldy hn[<br />
swhw gixh n krih bIcwru] swhy aUpir eykMkwr]<br />
ijsu guru imlY soeI ibiD jwxY] gurmiq hoie q hukmu pCwxY] pMnw<br />
904 m:1]<br />
gurU nwnk swihb AwpxI bwxI iv`c r~b nUM s`B qoN v`fw nwiek<br />
mMnky A`gy c`ldy hn qy r`b vI isrP ie`k hI[ gurU nwnk<br />
swihb swP swP lPzW iv`c (pwfy) pMifq nUM sMboiDn krky JUT<br />
nw bolx vwsqy qwgId kr rhy hn[ hux iPr pMifq nUM AwK rhy<br />
hn ik qUM ivAwh Awidk simAW qy jjmwnW vwsqy SuB lgn<br />
mhurq igxdw hYN, pr qUM ieh ivcwr nhI krdw ik SuB smW<br />
bxwx vwlw pRmwqmw Awp hY[ ijs mnuK nUM gurU iml pey auhI<br />
jwxdw hY ik iks FMg nwl ivAwh vwsqy SuB smW bx skdw<br />
hY[ swrIAW ivcwrW qoN SrySt ivcwr ieh hY ik mnu~K gurU dy<br />
Sbd nUM mn iv`c vswey[ gurU nwnk dyv jI AwK rhy hn ik<br />
hor g`l dI mYN prvwh nhI krdw, hor swrIAW ivcwrW ivArQ<br />
hn[<br />
ieik pwDy pMifq imsr khwvih]<br />
duibdw rwqy mhlu n pwvih]<br />
ijs gur prswdI nwmu ADwru]<br />
koit mDy ko jnu Awpwru] pMnw 904 m:1]<br />
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AnykW kulIn qy ivdvwn bRwhmx Awpxy Awp nUM pWDyY pMifq<br />
imsr AKvWdy hn, pr prmwqmW qoN ibnW hor Awsry dI Jwk<br />
krdy hn[ pRmwqmW dw dr nhI l~B skdy[ kroVW ivcoN koeI<br />
auh bMdw AduqI hY ijs nUM gurU dI ikrpw nwl pRmwqmW dw nwm<br />
izdgI dw Awsrw iml igAw hY[<br />
pMifq ny smyN nUM cwr jugW iv`c vMifAw hoieAw hY[ s`qjug, qRyqw,<br />
duAwpr Aqy kljug[pMifq ivdvwnW muqwibk iehnW dI aumr<br />
ieMj hY[s`qjug =1728000, qRyqw=1566000, duAwpr=86400<br />
Aqy kljug dI aumr hY 472000 swl[ jy AsIN Awpxy sDwrx<br />
ijhy idmwg nwl jrw ku socIey qW aupr ilKI igxqI JUTI<br />
jwpdI hY[ pihlw suAwl ie`h hY ik kI igxqI krn vwlw<br />
AwdmI ie`qnI AwXU Bog ky mirAw hY jy jvwb nWh vwck hY<br />
qW igxqI JUTI hY[ jvwb hW vwck ho hI nhI skdw ikaUNik<br />
AwdmI 4630000 swl ijaUNdw nhI rih skdw[ swfy A`j dy<br />
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√ÃΔ ◊∞apple»∞∞ ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ’Δ ‘À<br />
‹√Úß «√ßÿ Ï«·ß‚≈<br />
ËßÈ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ ÁΔ √Ó∞º⁄Δ Ï≈‰Δ È»ß ¡√Δ∫ Í»appleÈ ◊∞apple» Ó≥ÈÁ∂<br />
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◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Èß» Í»appleÈ ◊∞apple» Á≈ Áapple‹≈ «ÁºÂ≈ ª ¿∞√ Ú’Â ◊∞apple»<br />
◊Ø«ÏßÁ «√ßÿ ‹Δ Á∂ Áº√∂ ‘∞’Ó (¿∞ÍÁ∂Ù) ¡È∞√≈apple ¡√Δ∫ ‘apple appleؘ<br />
¡appleÁ≈√ ÂØ∫ Ï≈¡Á Á∞‘apple≈¿∞∫Á∂ ‘ª, ““‹Ø ÍÃÌ ’Ø «ÓÒÏØ ⁄‘À, ÷Ø‹<br />
ÙÏÁ Ó«‘ Ò∂””Õ «¬√ Á≈ Ì≈Ú «¬‘Δ Ï‰Á≈ ‘À «’ ¡√Δ∫ ÙÏÁ È»ß ÍÛ∑-<br />
√∞‰ ’∂ ¿∞√ ¿∞μÂ∂ ¡ÓÒ ’apple ’∂ ¿∞√ ¡È∞√≈apple ¡≈͉≈ ‹ΔÚÈ Ï‰≈¬Δ¬∂Õ<br />
¡◊apple ¡√Δ∫ ÙÏÁ ÍÛ∑-√∞‰ ª «Ò¡≈ Íapple ¿∞√ ¡È∞√≈apple ‹ΔÚÈ È‘Δ∫<br />
ÏÁ«Ò¡≈ ª «¬‘ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple È‘Δ∫ ÏÒ«’<br />
«Èapple≈ÁappleΔ ’appleÈ Ú≈ÒΔ ◊ºÒ ‘ÀÕ<br />
«‹√ Âapple∑ª «¬º’ Í∞ºÂapple ¡≈͉∂ «ÍÂ≈ È»ß «ÍÂ≈ ª ˜apple»apple ’«‘ßÁ≈ ‘ØÚ∂ Íapple<br />
«ÍÂ≈ ÁΔ Áº√Δ «√º«÷¡≈ È»ß «ÏÒ’∞Ò ‘Δ Èª ◊Ωˇ∂; ¡◊apple «ÍÂ≈ ¿∞√ È»ß<br />
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Á∂÷‰ ‹≈∫Á≈ ‘À; «¬√∂ Âapple∑ª ‹Á ‘Øapple ’¬Δ Âapple∑ª ÁΔ¡ª ◊ºÒª È‘Δ∫<br />
Ó≥ÈÁ≈ ª «ÍÂ≈ ¿∞√ ÚºÒ ÂÚº‹Ø∫ Á∂‰Δ ÿº‡ ’apple «ÁßÁ≈ ‘À ¡Â∂ √Óª Í≈<br />
’∂ ‹Á ¿∞‘ Ϻ⁄≈ Úº‚≈ ‘∞ßÁ≈ ‘À ª ¿∞‘ «’√∂ Í≈√∂ ‹Ø◊≈ È‘ƒ apple«‘ßÁ≈Õ<br />
·Δ’ «¬√∂ Âapple∑ª ¡√Δ∫ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï È»ß ¡≈͉≈ ◊∞apple» ª Ó≥ÈÁ∂ ‘ª<br />
Íapple ¿∞√ «Úº⁄ «ÁºÂΔ «√º«÷¡≈ È»ß È‘Δ∫ ÓßÈÁ∂ ª ¡√Δ∫ ÚΔ √Óª Í≈ ’∂<br />
«’√∂ Í≈√∂ ‹Ø◊∂ È‘Δ∫ apple«‘ ‹ªÁ∂ ‘ªÕ ÙÏÁ È»ß √∞‰-ÍÛ∑ ’∂ ‹ª ◊∞apple» ¡º◊∂<br />
√Δ√ «ÈÚ≈¿∞‰ È≈Ò ◊∞apple» Á≈ √«Â’≈apple È‘Δ∫ ‘ÀÕ «‹√ Âapple∑ª ËßÈ ◊∞apple»<br />
¡ÓappleÁ≈√ ‹Δ Î∞appleÓ≈È ’appleÁ∂ ‘È :<br />
√«Â◊∞apple ÈØ √Ì∞ ’Ø Ú∂÷Á≈ ‹∂Â≈ ‹◊ √ß√≈appleπ<br />
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EID)<br />
Ì≈Ú «’ «‹ÂÈ≈ «⁄apple ¡√Δ∫ ÙÏÁ ÁΔ ÚΔ⁄≈apple È‘Δ∫ ’appleÁ∂ ¿∞ÂÈΔ Á∂apple<br />
¡√Δ∫ Á∞«È¡≈ÚΔ «Ú’≈appleª ÂØ∫ Ó∞’ ȑΔ∫ ‘Ø √’Á∂ ‘ªÕ «¬‘Δ Ú‹∑≈ ‘À<br />
◊∞appleÏ≈‰Δ Á∂ ˆÒ ¡appleÊ Áº√ ’∂ ’¬Δ Í÷≥‚Δ √≈Ë ÎØ’Δ¡ª ◊ºÒª «Úº⁄<br />
Î√≈ ’∂ √≈È»ß Ú«‘Óª-ÌappleÓª «Úº⁄ Í≈ ’∂ Ò∞º‡Á∂ ‘ÈÕ Íapple ‹Á √≈È»ß «’√∂<br />
«◊¡≈ÈÚ≈È ÓÈ∞º÷ Í≈√Ø∫ √‘Δ ¡appleÊ ÍÂ≈ Òº◊Á≈ ‘À ª ¿∞√ Ú’Â ‹Ø<br />
√≈‚∂ ¡≥Áapple ◊∞appleÏ≈‰Δ ÍÃÂΔ ˆÒ Ì∞Ò∂÷∂ ͬ∂ ‘∞ßÁ∂ ‘È Âª Í«‘Òª<br />
¿∞‘Ȫ Ì∞Ò∂«÷¡ª Èß Ï≈‘apple ’º„‰≈ ‘πøÁ≈ ‘À:-<br />
Ú√» ¡≥Á«apple Ú√Âπ √Ó≈ÚÀ Á»‹Δ ‘ØÚÀ Í≈«√ (¡≈√≈ ’Δ Ú≈apple Ó: B)<br />
Ì≈Ú ‹Ø √≈‚∂ ¡≥Áapple ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á∂ √«Â’≈apple ÍÃÂΔ ˆÒÂ<br />
Ë≈appleÈ≈Úª Ï‰Δ¡ª ‘Ø¬Δ¡ª ‘È Í«‘Òª ¿∞Ȫ È»ß «Â¡≈◊‰≈ ÍÚ∂◊≈Õ «‹√<br />
Âapple∑ª «’√∂ ̪‚∂ «Úº⁄ Í«‘Òª ’Ø¬Δ Ú√» Í¬Δ ‘ØÚ∂ ¡Â∂ Á»‹Δ Ú√»<br />
Í≈¿∞‰Δ ‘ØÚ∂ ª Í«‘ÒΔ Ú√» È»ß Ï≈‘apple ’º„ ’∂ ̪‚≈ ÷≈ÒΔ ’appleÈ≈<br />
ÍÚ∂◊≈Õ ¿∞√ ÂØ∫ Ï≈¡Á ‘Δ ¡√Δ∫ Á»‹Δ Ú√» ¿∞√ ̪‚∂ «Úº⁄ Í≈ √’Á∂<br />
‘ªÕ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ª ‘Δ Ï‰Á≈ ‘À «’ ¡√Δ∫ ◊∞appleÏ≈‰Δ<br />
È»ß «Ë¡≈È Á∂ ’∂ √∞‰Δ¬∂ ¡Â∂ ÍÛ∑Δ¬∂Õ «¬√∂ Ò¬Δ «‹ºÊ∂ ÚΔ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ<br />
√≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ ÍÃ’≈Ù ‘ØÚ∂ ¿∞μÊ∂ ¡√Δ∫ ¡≈͉≈ √Δ√ «ÈÚ≈ ’∂ ◊∞apple» ¡º◊∂<br />
«¬‘Δ Ï∂ÈÂΔ ’appleÁ∂ ‘ª «’ √≈Èß» ¡≈Í‰Δ Ó«Â, «‹√ È»ß ◊∞appleÓ«Â «’‘≈<br />
‹≈∫Á≈ ‘À, Ïı«ÙÙ ’appleÈ ÁΔ «’ÃÍ≈ÒÂ≈ ’appleØÕ ÎappleÓ≈È ‘È:<br />
¡À√Δ Ó ÁΔ‹À Ó∂apple∂ ·≈’∞apple √Á≈ √Á≈ Â∞Ë «Ë¡≈¬Δ (Ó: E, Í≥È≈<br />
FGC)<br />
Íapple ‹∂ ¡√Δ∫ ¡≈Í‰Δ Ó«Â Úapple apple‘∂ ‘ª ª ◊∞apple» Á≈ √«Â’≈apple È‘Δ∫<br />
’apple apple‘∂Õ ¡√Δ∫ ‘apple appleؘ ¡÷≥‚ Í≈·, √«‘‹ Í≈· ‹ª ◊∞apple»-ÿappleª «Ú÷∂<br />
◊∞appleÏ≈‰Δ √∞‰Á∂ ¡≈ apple‘∂ ‘ª Íapple √≈Èß» «¬‘ Í≥◊ÂΔ¡ª ’Á∂ √∞‰≈¬Δ<br />
È‘Δ∫ «ÁßÁΔ¡ª<br />
apple∂ ‹È ¿∞Ê≈appleÀ Á«Ï˙‘∞ √∞«Â¡≈ ◊¬Δ «Ú‘≈«¬,<br />
√«Â◊∞apple ’≈ √ÏÁπ √∞«‰ È ‹≈«◊˙ ¡≥«apple È ¿∞Í«‹˙ ⁄≈¿∞<br />
(Ó:D, Í≥. FEA)<br />
«¬ºÊ∂ √∞º«Â¡≈ ÂØ∫ Ì≈Ú ¡º÷ª ÏßÁ ’apple ’∂ √Ω‰≈ È‘Δ∫ ‘ÀÕ «¬ºÊ∂ √∞«Â¡≈<br />
ÂØ∫ Ì≈Ú ¡≈ÂÓ’ ÂΩapple ”Â∂ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ Áº√Δ ◊ºÒ ÂØ∫ Ï∂Ó∞º÷ ‘؉≈ ‘ÀÕ «‹√<br />
◊ºÒ Á≈ √≈Èß» ÍÂ≈ È‘Δ∫ ª ¿∞√ ◊ºÒ ÍÃÂΔ √∞º«Â¡ª ÓÈ∞º÷ª Úapple◊Δ ‘Δ<br />
‘≈Ò Áº√Á∂ ‘ج∂ ◊∞apple» √≈«‘Ï ¿∞ÍÁ∂Ù Á∂ apple‘∂ ‘È «’ «‹‘Û≈<br />
«Ú¡’ÂΔ Ì≈Ú∂∫ √appleΔapple’ ÂΩapple ”Â∂ ¡Â∂ Ì≈Ú∂∫ ¡≈ÂÓ’ ÂΩapple ”Â∂ √∞ºÂ≈<br />
‘Ø«¬¡≈ ‘À, ¿∞√ Á∂ ÿapple «Úº⁄Ø∫ ⁄Øapple √≈apple≈ √Ó≈È ⁄ØappleΔ ’apple ’∂ ÒÀ ‹ªÁ∂<br />
‘È Íapple «¬‘ ÓÈ∞º÷ ‹≈◊Á≈ ‘Δ È‘Δ∫ ‘ÀÕ Î∞appleÓ≈È ‘È:<br />
«¬√∞ Á∂‘Δ ¡≥Á«apple Í≥⁄ ⁄Øapple Ú√«‘ ’≈Ó∞ ’zØË∞ ÒØÌ∞ ÓØ‘∞ ¡‘ß’≈apple≈<br />
¡≥«ÓÃÂ∞ Ò»‡«‘ ÓÈÓ∞÷ È‘Δ Ï»fi«‘ ’Ø«¬ È √∞‰À Í»’≈apple≈ (Ó:<br />
C, Í≥. F@@)<br />
«¬√ ÓÈ∞º÷ Á∂ ¡≥Áapple «Ú’≈appleª apple»ÍΔ ⁄Øapple È∂, ‹Ø «¬√ Á∂ ¡≥Áapple ¡≥«ÓÃÂ<br />
apple»ÍΔ ◊∞‰ √È, √Ì Ò∞º‡ Ò¬∂Õ «¬√ Á≈ Ì≈Ú «¬‘ «È’ÒÁ≈ ‘À ¡√Ò<br />
«Úº⁄ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ÙÏÁ √∞‰ ’∂ ÚΔ⁄≈apple ’appleÈ<br />
«Úº⁄ ‘ÀÕ Íapple ¡√ƒ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ÓºÊ≈ ‡∂’‰,<br />
’∂ÚÒ Ó«‘ß◊∂-Ó«‘ß◊∂ apple∞Ó≈Ò∂ ⁄Û∑≈¿∞‰, √appleÁΔ¡ª ”⁄ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï<br />
‹Δ Á∂ ’Óapple∂ «Úº⁄ ‘Δ‡apple Ò≈¿∞‰ ¡Â∂ ◊appleÓΔ¡ª «Úº⁄ ¬∂.√Δ. ‹ª Íμ÷∂<br />
Ò≈¿∞‰, Í≈· Ú∂Ò∂ ˻Ϊ, ‹Øª, È≈appleΔ¡Ò, ’∞ßÌ, Ó≥‹Δ √≈«‘Ï Á∂ Í≈Ú∂<br />
ÿ∞º‡‰, Èß◊∂ ÍÀappleΔ∫ Â∞appleÈ ¡Â∂ ’∂ÚÒ ÂØÂ≈ apple‡ÈΔ ‹ª Ó≥Âà Í≈·, √ß͇<br />
Í≈· ’appleÈ ¡Â∂ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ ‹Δ È»ß Ó»appleÂΔ¡ª ÁΔ Âapple∑ª ÓºÊ≈ ‡∂’‰ º’<br />
‘Δ √ΔÓ ’apple «Ò¡≈ ‘ÀÕ «¬√ ÂØ∫ ¡º◊∂ ‹≈‰ ÁΔ ’Ø«ÙÙ ‘Δ È‘Δ∫<br />
’appleÁ∂ ‘ªÕ ◊∞apple» √≈«‘Ï Î∞appleÓ≈È ’appleÁ∂ ‘È:<br />
√∂Ú’ «√÷ Í»‹‰ √«Ì ¡≈Ú«‘ √«Ì ◊≈Ú«‘ ‘«apple ‘«apple ¿»ÂÓ Ï≈ÈΔ<br />
◊≈«Ú¡≈ √∞«‰¡≈ «ÂÈ ’≈ ‘«apple Ê≈«¬ Í≈ÚÀ<br />
«‹È √«Â◊∞apple ’Δ ¡≈«◊¡≈ √«Â √«Â ’«apple Ó≈ÈΔ 1 (Ó: 4, Í≥.<br />
FFI)<br />
◊≈¿∞‰≈-√∞‰È≈ ¿∞√ Á≈ ‘Δ ÍappleÚ≈È ‘ØÚ∂◊≈ «‹‘Û≈ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ ¡≈«◊¡≈<br />
Á≈ Í≈Ò‰ ’apple∂◊≈Õ ¡√Δ∫ «’ßÈ∂∫ Ó∂ √«Ó¡ª ÂØ∫ ◊∞appleÁ∞¡≈apple∂ ‹≈ apple‘∂<br />
‘ª; Í≈·, ’ΔappleÂÈ, ’Ê≈, ÒÀ’⁄apple, ÚΔ⁄≈appleª Ï‘π √∞‰Δ¡ª ‘È Íapple<br />
«¬ÂȪ ’∞fi √∞‰ ’∂ ¡◊apple «’√∂ È≈Ò ‘∂apple≈-Î∂appleΔ ’appleÁ∂ ‘ª, «’√∂ È≈Ò<br />
ÚÀapple appleº÷Á∂ ‘ª, ’Ø¬Δ Íapple¿∞Í’≈apple È‘Δ∫ ’appleÁ∂ ‘ª ª «¬ÂÈ≈ ’∞fi<br />
√∞«‰¡≈ ◊∞apple» Á≈ √«Â’≈apple È‘Δ∫ ‘ÀÕ ◊∞apple» √≈«‘Ï Âª ◊≈¿∞‰ Ú≈Ò∂ Èß»<br />
ÚΔ ¡Â∂ √∞‰È Ú≈Ò∂ Èß» ÚΔ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ Ó«Â ¡È∞√≈apple ‹ΔÚÈ „≈Ò‰ ÁΔ<br />
‘Á≈«¬Â ’appleÁ∂ ‘ÈÕ ’¬Δ Ú≈apple ÓÈ ÏÛ≈ ‘Àapple≈È ‘Ø ‹ªÁ≈ ‘À «’ ’¬Δ<br />
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’ΔappleÂÈ ’appleÈ Ú≈Ò∂ apple≈◊Δ «√ßÿ ÏÛΔ¡ª «Óº·Δ¡ª √∞appleª Ò≈ ’∂ ’ΔappleÂÈ<br />
’appleÁ∂ ‘È ¡Â∂ √ß◊ª ÚΔ ÏÛ∂ «Í¡≈apple È≈Ò ’ΔappleÂÈ √∞‰ÁΔ¡ª ‘È<br />
Íapple ‹∂ ’ΔappleÂÈ ’appleÈ Ú≈Ò∂ Èß» ‹ª √∞‰È Ú≈Ò∂ Èß» ¿∞√ ÙÏÁ Ï≈apple∂<br />
Í∞º«¤¡≈ ‹≈Ú∂ ª «¬‘Δ ‹Ú≈Ï «ÓÒÁ≈ ‘À, “‹Δ ¡ÈßÁ ª Ï‘∞ ¡≈<br />
«apple‘≈ √Δ Íapple ÙÏÁ Á∂ ’Δ ¡appleÊ ‘È «¬√ Á≈ √≈Èß» ÍÂ≈ È‘Δ∫ ‘ÀÕ”<br />
’Δ «¬‘ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ‘À ‹ª ’ßÈ-apple√ ‹Ø<br />
◊∞appleÏ≈‰Δ Èß» ◊≈ «apple‘≈ ‘À Íapple ¿∞√ ˘ ÍÂ≈ È‘Δ∫ «’ ÓÀ∫ ’Δ √∞‰≈ «apple‘≈<br />
‘ª ª «¬‘ ◊∞apple» Á∂ ’ØÒ ÏÀ· ’∂ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ Ó«Â ÂØ∫ ¡‰‹≈‰ ‘؉ Ú≈ÒΔ<br />
◊ºÒ ‘ÀÕ «‹√ Âapple∑ª Î∞appleÓ≈È ‘È:<br />
‹Ø ‚∞ÏßÁØ ¡≈«Í √Ø Âapple≈¬∂ «’È ÷∂ (Ó: E, Í≥. AA@A)<br />
‹Ø ¡≈Í Í≈‰Δ «Úº⁄ ‚∞ºÏ «apple‘≈ ‘À ¿∞‘ Á»√apple∂ Èß» «’√ Âapple∑ª Â≈apple ’∂ Ï≈‘apple<br />
’º„ √’Á≈ ‘ÀÕ √≈Èß» ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ª ‘Δ ’appleÈ≈<br />
¡≈Ú∂◊≈ ‹ÁØ∫ ¡√Δ∫ ◊∞appleÏ≈‰Δ ¡≈Ù∂ ¡È∞√≈apple «˜ßÁ◊Δ Á≈ ‘apple ÍÒ „≈Ò<br />
ÒÚª◊∂Õ «Îapple ‹ÁØ∫ ÚΔ ¡√Δ∫ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Á∂ ’ØÒ ‹≈Úª◊∂ ª<br />
√≈‚≈ √Δ√ ¿∞√ ÙÏÁ Á≈ √«Â’≈apple ’apple«Á¡ª ¡≈Í∂ ‘Δ fi∞’ ‹≈Ú∂◊≈<br />
«‹√ Á≈ √≈Èß» «◊¡≈È ‘Ø «◊¡≈ ‘ØÚ∂Õ ◊»apple» √≈«‘Ï Âª √≈˘ ÙÏÁ Á∂<br />
√«Â’≈apple «Úº⁄ ‘Δ È‘Δ∫ ÏÒ«’ ’«‘ßÁ∂ ‘È «’ ’Ø¬Δ ÚΔ ÓÀÈß» ◊»apple» ÁΔ<br />
’Ø¬Δ ÚΔ ◊ºÒ ¡≈ ’∂ Áº√∂ ª ÓÀ∫ ¿∞√ Á∂ √«Â’≈apple «Úº⁄ ¡≈͉≈ «√apple<br />
¿∞√ Á∂ ÏÀ·‰ Ò¬Δ appleº÷ «Á¡ªÕ Î∞appleÓ≈È ’appleÁ∂ ‘È:<br />
ÂÀ √≈«‘Ï ’Δ Ï≈ «‹ ¡≈÷À ’‘∞ È≈È’ «’¡≈ ÁΔ‹À<br />
√Δ√∞ Ú„∂ ’«apple ÏÀ√‰∞ ÁΔ‹À «Ú‰∞ «√apple √∂Ú ’appleΔ‹À (Ó: A, Í≥. EEH)<br />
«¬√ Á≈ Ì≈Ú ‘À «’ ÓÀ∫ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ «√º«÷¡≈ È»ß «¬ÂÈ≈ ÓÈ «Úº⁄ Ú√≈<br />
ÒÚª «’ Ó∂apple≈ ‘apple ͡, ‘apple √Ú≈√ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ «√º«÷¡≈ ¡È∞√≈apple ÏÂΔÂ<br />
‘ØÚ∂:<br />
‹Ø ÁΔ√À ◊∞apple«√÷Û≈ «Â√∞ «È«Ú «È«Ú Ò≈◊¿∞ Í≈«¬ ‹Δ¿∞<br />
¡≈÷≈ «ÏappleÊ≈ ‹Δ¡ ’Δ ◊∞apple∞ √‹‰∞ Á∂«‘ «ÓÒ≈«¬ ‹Δ¿∞ (Ó: E, Í≥.<br />
GFC)<br />
Ì≈Ú «’ ‹Ø ÚΔ ◊∞apple» ÁΔ «√º«÷¡≈ Èß» ÓÈ «Úº⁄ Ú√≈ ’∂ ‹ΔÚÈ ÏÂΔÂ<br />
’appleÁ≈ «Áº√ «apple‘≈ ‘À, ÓÀ∫ ¿∞√ Èß» «ÈÓappleÂ≈ √«‘ ¡≈͉∂ ÓÈ ÁΔ<br />
¡Ú√Ê≈ Áº√ª «’ ÓÀÈ»ß ÚΔ ÙÏÁ apple»ÍΔ ◊∞apple» Á≈ «ÓÒ≈Í ’appleÚ≈ «Á¿∞<br />
«’¿∞∫«’ ‹Ø ÚΔ ÓÀÈ»ß Ó∂apple∂ ÍÃΔÂÓ ÁΔ ◊ºÒ Áº√Á≈ ‘À, ¿∞‘Δ Ó∂apple≈ ◊∞apple» È»ß<br />
«ÓÒ≈¿∞‰ Ú≈Ò≈ Ó≈apple◊-ÁappleÙ’ ‘À:<br />
Ó∂apple∂ ‘«apple ÍÃΔÂÓ ’Δ ’Ø¬Δ Ï≈ √∞È≈ÚÀ √Ø Ì≈¬Δ √Ø Ó∂apple≈ ÏΔapple (Ó:D,Í≥.<br />
HFA)<br />
«¬√∂ Ò¬Δ √≈È»ß ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ÁΔ Ï≈‰Δ «Úº⁄Ø∫ ¡√ÒΔ «appleÙÂ≈ «√apple¯<br />
◊∞apple«√º÷ª È≈Ò ‘Δ Ó∂Ò-«ÓÒ≈Í appleº÷‰ Ò¬Δ ¿∞ÍÁ∂Ù «ÓÒÁ≈ ‘À:<br />
◊∞apple «√÷≈ «¬’Ø «Í¡≈apple∞ ◊∞apple «ÓÂ≈ Í∞Â≈ Ì≈¬Δ¡≈ (Ó:C, Í≥. FDH)<br />
¡≈¿∞, ‘∞‰ ‹≈◊Δ¬∂! ‹Ø ËßÈ ◊∞apple» È≈È’ √≈«‘Ï Á≈ Î∞appleÓ≈È ‘À:<br />
√ÏÁπ ◊∞apple» √∞apple Ë∞«È ⁄∂Ò≈<br />
¡Â∂ ¿∞È∑ª ÂØ∫ Ï≈¡Á ◊∞apple» ◊Ø«ÏßÁ «√ßÿ ‹Δ Á≈ ¿∞ÍÁ∂Ù, ÙÏÁ-◊∞apple»<br />
ËßÈ ◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ √≈«‘Ï ‹Δ Èßß» ◊∞appleÂ≈ ◊ºÁΔ Á∂‰≈, È»ß √Ófi‰ ÁΔ ÒØÛ ‘À<br />
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◊∞apple» ◊ÃßÊ ‹Δ Ó≈«È˙∫ ÍÃ◊‡ ◊∞appleª ’Δ Á∂‘<br />
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gurduAwirAW dy pRbMDk ie`k qrIky nwl gurU kI golk lu`t rhy<br />
ny[golk nUM ielYkSnW qy Krc krnw, AwpxI rwjnIqk Swn<br />
bxwaux qy AihmIAq vDwaux leI Krc krnw, bs iehI kuJ cl<br />
irhw hY[70 swlW qoN vI v`D is`K kOm DoKw Kw rhI hY[hux swvDwn<br />
hoxw cwhIdw hY[ienHW dw (pRbMDkW, pRcwrkW qy fyrydwr swDW) AslI<br />
ichrw swhmxy Aw igAw hY[hux koeI CupI hoeI g`l nhI rhI[mYN<br />
40-45 swl pRcwr dI izMdgI dI ibnwA qy kih skdw hW ik<br />
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suAwrQI mnuK hI gurdvwirAW nUM clwauNdy Awey ny[mulwzmq<br />
zihnIAq vwly mnuK hI gRMQI qy rwgI SryxI iv`c Awey, ijs kwrn<br />
gurmiq dw pRcwr T`p ho ky rih igAw hY[(pMnw:96)<br />
gurmiq pRcwr qy gurduAwrw suDwr lihr dI loV:-<br />
gurduvwirAW iv`c pRbMDkI lVweI ny Dwrimk ivkws rok r`iKAw hY,<br />
jd ik AnmqIAW dw ivkws c`l irhw hY[pop nUM srv-srvw bxw ky<br />
eIsweIAW dy rwjnIqk, pop dy kdmW iv`c Awx bYTy hn, pr is`K<br />
Drm dy rwjnIqk, Drm dI izMmyvwrI pRcwrn vwly logW dy isr qy<br />
bYT gey hn, ijs nwl swry Dwrimk logW dIAW grdnW qy rIV dIAW<br />
h`fIAW t`t geIAW hn[ieh AdogqI hr dUr idRSt nUM idKweI dy<br />
rhI hY[(pMnw:41)<br />
(swfy mzUdw gurdvwrw pRbMD qy pRcwr)FWcy qoN gurmiq pRcwr dI<br />
aumId rKxI ryq ’coN qyl kFx dw ivArQ auprwlw hY[ieh swrw<br />
FWcw bdly ibnW gurbwxI dw AwdrS qy isDWqk igAwn-rs vMifAw<br />
nhI jw skdw[hux qW swnUM bhuq CyqI gurmiq suDwr lihr dI<br />
AgvweI hyT A`gy Awayxw cwhIdw hY[qW ju vkq isr gurmiq dI rUp<br />
ryKw bxweI jw sky[(pMnw:106) iksy rog dw vkq isr ielwj nw<br />
kIqw jwey qW iPr auh rog lw-ielwj ho jWdw hY[Ajy vI fu`ly byrW<br />
dw kuC nhI ivgiVAw[<br />
(Xwd rKxw cwhIdw hY ik )nnkwxw swihb nUM Awzwd krwaux ligAW<br />
jo ^Un-^rwbw hoieAw sI, Swied aus qoN hzwrW guxW ieh pRbMDk<br />
^Un-^rwbw krn,ikauNik ienHW dy h`Q nnkwxw swihb dy mhMqW<br />
nrwiex dws qoN izAwdw mzbUq ny, ieh izAwdw qwkqvr hn[ieh<br />
qrHW qrHW dy dUSx aus pRcwrk qy lwauxgy,jo AxKIlw hovy,gurmiq<br />
auswrI dw jzbw r`Kdw hovy Aor aus nUM ids ipAw hovy ik pRbMDkI<br />
FWcw glq hY[Aksr dunIAW iv`c jd vI kRWqIAW hoeIAW ny iesy<br />
FMg nwl hoeIAW ny[so auh sjx,jo auswrU jzby r`Kdy hn,pihlW<br />
pRbMDkW dI cot shwrn dw ihrdw bxw lYx[auh ijQy ijQy ^Un-^rwby<br />
qy auqwrU hovx,AsIN SwqmeI FMg nwl pyS Awauxw hY[(pMnw:97-<br />
98)<br />
auh bzurg jo r`bI qVp r`Kdy hn qy Awpxw jIvn gurmiq pRcwr<br />
lihr nUM smripq kr skdy hox,aunHW dI syD iv`c nOjvwn sMgTq ho<br />
ky hr Sihr iv`c ieh suDwrk lihr clwaux dw Xqn krn[<br />
(pMnw:89) jIvn hMfw cu`ky igRhsQI jo gurmiq dw drd qy jwxkwrI<br />
rKdy hovx,ies auswrU lihr iv`c Swiml kIqy jwx[aumr t`p<br />
cukIAW bIbIAW dw sihXog Av`S lYxw cwhIdw hY[swDU smwj dy<br />
risk purSW nUM siqkwr sihq nwl ilAw jwvy[A`j qk pRcwr dy<br />
sbMD iv`c Ko cukIAW DrwvW nUM muV surjIq kIqw jwvy[(pMnw:107)<br />
ieh TIk hY ik ijqnI is`K pMQ dI aumr hY,ieqnI aumr qW<br />
eIsweIAW ny Awps iv`c lVidAW hI lMGw id`qI Aor ieh swrI<br />
lVweI rwjnIqI krky huMdI sI,pRMqU Aw^r Drm qoN rwjnIqI nUM ijvyN<br />
A`f kIqw igAw, eIsweIAq swry sMswr ’qy BwrU pY geI[(pMnw:67)<br />
pr sYNkVy swlW dI Btkx qy ^UnI sMGrS qoN bwAd eIsweIAW ny jo<br />
Drm pRcwr dw suDwrk FWcw bxwieAw hY, aus dI syD lY lYxI<br />
cwhIdI hY[Awpxw &rz jwxidAW hoieAW, ilK ky qy bol ky ieh<br />
syvw mYN kr id`qI hY, bwkI swrw qmIrI kMm auh Awpxy h`Q iv`c<br />
sMBwl lYx, ijnHW dy h`QW iv`c gurU dw dwmn hY[siqgurI jI shweI<br />
hovx, myrI Ardws hY[(pMnw:112)<br />
(mskIn jI dy aupr ilKy ivcwrW nwl AsIN iblkul hmiKAwl hW[pr Afsos swnU<br />
ies g`l dw hyY ik mskIn jI dI kYhxI AOr krnI iv~c zmIn AsmWn dw Prk<br />
hY[sMpwdk[)<br />
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mskIn jI dw igAwnI Bwg isMG nwl DoKw<br />
ipRM: hirBjn isMG gurU (dsm gRMQ bwry coxvyN lyK iv`coN)<br />
isMG swihbwn dw &qvw: cUMik pMQ iv`c swry "dsm gRMQ" nUM gurU jI<br />
dI ikRq mMnx Aqy n mMnx vwly, do vIcwrW dy lok hn[ ies leI<br />
smyN smyN AYsy SMky SRo: gu: pRbMDk kmytI, AMimRqsr, AQvw aus vloN<br />
in`Xq Dwrimk slwhkwr kmytI pws swmwDwn leI AwauNdy rihMdy<br />
hn[ iek vwr imqI 6.7.73 nUM cMfIgV "rwj krygw ^wlsw" Aqy<br />
"cirqRo pKXwn" vwry pu`C pu`jI[ jQydwr sRI Akwl q^q swihb Aqy<br />
sRI drbwr swihb, sRI AMimRqsr dy hYf gRMQI swihbwn ny iehnW pu`CW<br />
dw jo au~qr id`qw, aus dI nkl hyTW hwzr hY:-<br />
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isMG bwgVIAW, s: mnohr isMG mwrko, s: krqwr isMG bwVI, s:<br />
rqn isMG j`gI ( jo hux ie`k id`lI vwly swD kol ivk cu`kw hY ) s:<br />
mwn isMG mwnsrovr qy ipMR: jgjIq isMG slUjw Awidnwm Swiml sn<br />
Aqy jo ib`pr sMskwrW dy k`tV ivroDI qy inrol ie`k Akwl purKI<br />
sn, ny qW ies dI pRsMsw kIqI; pr, pRMprwvwdIAW ny jzbwqI<br />
ivroDqw[ AwKr, AjIb hwlqW iv`c, 1977 eI: nUM, jQydwr, "sRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb" vloN "hukm-nwmw", imqI 5-7-77 rwhIN<br />
igAwnI jI nUM pMQ iv`coN Kwrj kr id`qw igAw, Awidk[<br />
A`j, ies durBwgI Gtnw bwry, pMQ iv`c suxIAW suxweIAW g`lW au~qy<br />
AwDwrq, v`K v`K DwrnwvW pRc`lq hn[ ieh lyKk, sMbMDq Dwrimk<br />
slwhkwr kmytI dI iek`qrqw jo 1977 eI:, nUM hoeI, iv`c Swiml<br />
hox krky, ies Gtnw bwry hoeI kwrvweI nUM , pUrI pUrI eImwndwrI qy<br />
scweI nwl "swcI swKI" vjoN klm-bMd krnw, Xog qy lwBdwiek<br />
smJdw hY[ so, shI jwxkwrI ies pRkwr hY:-<br />
jwxkwrI:- sMbMDq pusqk Cpx aupRMq, Awm is`K sMgqW ivc, ies<br />
ivru`D au~TI Awvwz nUM mu`K r`K ky, SRo: gu: pR: kmytI ny ienHW mYNbrW dy<br />
AwDwrq, Dwrimk slwhkwrW dI iek`qrqw bulweI:-<br />
1. igAwnI swDU isMG BOrw, jQydwr sRI Akwl q^q swihb [<br />
2. igAwnI guridAwl isMG Ajnohw, jQydwr q^q sRI kysgVH swihb<br />
3. igAwnI cyq isMG, hY~f gRMQI sRI drbwr swihb AMimRqsr [<br />
4. igAwnI ikrpwl isMG, gRMQI sRI drbwr swihb AMimRqsr [<br />
5. sR: gurb^S isMG, mIq sk`qr SRo: gu: pR: kmytI [<br />
6. ipRM: siqbIr isMG, mYNbr Drm prcwr kmytI [<br />
7. sR: SmSyr isMG ASok, ieiqhwskwr SRo: gu: pR: kmytI [<br />
8. sR: srmuK isMG cmk [<br />
9. pRo: pRkwS isMG, Kwlsw kwlz sRI AMimRqsr [<br />
10. fw: mwn isMG inrMkwrI<br />
11. lyKk, ( dws ipRM: hirBjn isMG )<br />
not:- aupRokq mYNbrW qoN ibnW, pMj ku mYNbr hor sn, ijnHW dy nwm mYnUM<br />
ivsr gey hn[ hW, "sRI drbwr swihb" dy bwkI iqMny gRMQI swihbwn,<br />
Av`S ies iek`qrqw iv`c Swml sn[<br />
"bwbw jI, hux kuJ bolo vI[" mYN A`goN bVI gMBIrqw nwl bynqI kIqI<br />
ik mYN hYrwn hW ik kI ieh iek`qrqw au~cIAW pdvIAW dy<br />
AiDkwrIAW qy pMQ dy cuxy ivdvwnW dI hY AsIN ie`k bzurg<br />
Dwrimk ivAwkqI nUM, ibnW aus dw p`K suxy dy, "Pwhy" lwaux leI<br />
bVy auqwvly hW[ 3. myrI sinmr pu`C hY ik ies iek`qrqw iv`c<br />
hwzr siqkwrq ivAwkqIAW coN, kI iksy ny swry "dsm gRMQ" nUM<br />
pVcolIAw nzr nwl GoK ky vwicAw vI hY sB KwmoS sn[ 4. kI<br />
"dsm gRMQ" dI pRmwxIkqw dw mslw aunW hI purwxW nhIN, ijMnW<br />
purwxW ieh gRMQ hY 5. kI jUn 1973 nUM, jQydwr, sRI Akwl q^q<br />
qy pMjW gRMQI isMG swihbwn ny BweI sMqoK isMG, cMfIgV dI pu`C dy<br />
au~qr iv`c, mIq sk`qr, sR: gurb^S isMG rwhIN, ieh au~qr nhIN<br />
sI id`qw ik "cirqRo piKAwn" sRI dSmyS jI dI rcnW nhI, iksy<br />
ihMdU imiQhwsk rcnw dw auqwrw hY Pyr myrI pu`C sI ik AYsI<br />
pujISn iv`c kI ieh hkIkq sUrj-v`q roSn nhIN ik swrw "dsm<br />
gRMQ" sRI dsvyN pwqSwh jI dI ilKq rcnW nhIN mYN sinmr ieh vI<br />
ikhw ik mYN ies styj au~qy, ig: Bwg isMG ivru`D ley iksy PYsly<br />
nwl sihmq nhIN, so, myrI AsMmqI not krky Awp koeI vI PYslw lY<br />
skdy ho[ pRMqU, AYsw krnoN aunHW ienkwr kIqw Aqy mYnUM hI AwdyS<br />
id`qw ik ipR: siqbIr isMG nwl rl ky Xog mqw iqAwr krW[<br />
mqw:- (a) A`j ie`Qy juVI Dwrimk slwhkwr kmytI dw PYslw hY ik<br />
igAwnI Bwg isMG nUM cwhIdw sI ik ku`J pMQ pRvwxq PYsilAW vwry<br />
k`qeI, do tu`k Awpxw m`q pRgt krn dI QW, Awpxw p`K, pMQ dy<br />
rUbrU r`Kdy, Aqy AMqm PYslw smu`cy pMQ au~qy C`f idMdy ieiqAwidk[<br />
(A) ieh kmytI v`fI inmrqw qy zor nwl, SRo: gu: pR: kmytI dI syvw<br />
iv`c ieh ibnY vI krdI hY ik ikauNik smW guzrn nwl ieh kMm<br />
cUMik hor kTn huMdw jw irhw hY, ies leI, auh pihlI Pursq iv`c<br />
pMQ dy cotI dy ivdvwnW dI sb-kmytI bxwvy, jo pUrI pUrI GoK qy dUr<br />
AMdySI nwl, gurbwxI qy gurmiq dI roSnI iv`c, ieh inrxw dyvy ik<br />
"dsm gRMQ" dIAW ikhVIAW ikhVIAW rcnwvW "SRI gurU gRMQ swihb"<br />
qy siqgurUAW dy AwSy AnukUl hn, Aqy ikhVIAW "ibpr-sMskwrI"<br />
rIqW, rsmW qy mnm`q dIAW mnOqW nwl BrpUr <br />
kwrvweI:- 1. ieh iek`qrqw "sRI gurU nwnk invws" dy mIitMg hwl<br />
iv`c, jQydwr "sRI Akwl q^q" dI pRDwngI hyT AwrMB hoeI[<br />
iek`qrqw ivc, do iqMn mYNbr ijhw ik jQydwr Ajnohw, v`fy joS qy<br />
kRoD gRsq sn[ auh vwrI vwrI, ig: jI ivru`D qurMq &qvw id`qy jwx<br />
vwly jzbwq dw pRgtw kr rhy sn[ jd sR: SmSyr isMG ASok, ijnHW<br />
ny "dsm gRMQ bwry" nwm dI pusqk vI ilKI sI, ijs iv`c, "dsm<br />
gRMQ" ivclIAW bhuqIAW rcnwvW, "sRI dSmyS jI" ikRq nhIN mMnIAW<br />
sn, Awpxy vIcwr d`sx leI ku`J kihx l`gy, qW, kuJ mYNbrW ny aunHW<br />
nUM burI qrW JwiVAw, Aqy auh au~Qy hI sihm ky bYT gey[ ieh JwV<br />
eynI gMBIr sI ik Pyr "ASok" jI ny swrI iek`qrqw iv`c zrw vI, cUM<br />
cW nhIN kIqI, KwmoS bYTy rhy[ ieh lyKk (dws hirBjn isMG ) l`g-<br />
B`g 45 ku imMt, pUrn KwmoSI DwrI, vyKdw suxdw irhw[ 2. AwKr,<br />
isMG swihb igAwnI cyq isMG jI, mYnUM sMboDn kridAW kihx l`gy,<br />
pRvwngI:- AwKr ieh mqw srb-sMmqI nwl pRvwn hoieAw, Aqy ig:<br />
Bwg isMG nUM, koeI dMf dyxw Xog n jwqw[ Dwrimk slwhkwr kmytI<br />
ivc srb-sMmqI nwl pRvwn hoieAw mqw AglI kwrvweI leI SRo:<br />
gu: pR: kmytI nUM Byj id`qw igAw[<br />
Pyr igAwnI Bwg isMG ivru`D hukm-nwmW ikauN qy ikvyN Dwrimk<br />
slwhkwr kmytI dy auprokq srb-sMmqI PYsly aupRMq, kmytI dy iksy<br />
ivAwkqI nUM h`k nhIN phuMcdw sI ik auh AwpxI hI hwzrI iv`c hoey<br />
PYsly dI iksy qrHW im`tI plIq kry[ jQydwr "sRI Akwl q^q<br />
swihb" jy Dwrimk slwhkwr kmytI dI iek`qrqw dy srb-sMmq<br />
PYsly iv`c Awp Swml n huMdy qW g`l hor sI, hW jy aunHW dw Awpxy<br />
hI sWJy qy srb-sMmq PYsly bwry mn bdl igAw sI, qW auh Pyr<br />
Dwrimk slwhkwrW dI iek`qrqw s`ddy, Aqy srb-sMmqI nwl<br />
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hoieAw PYslw bdlvw lYNdy, pr, mYNbr swihbwn ivru`D, AYsw h`qk<br />
qwnwSwhI PYslw n krdy[<br />
ipCokV:- ies swrI Gtnw dw ipCokV jo bwAd iv`c igAwnI Bwg<br />
isMG qy aunHW dy inkt vrqIAW pwsoN suxn iv`c AwieAw, auh sMKyp<br />
iv`c ies pRkwr sI:- igAwnI Bwg isMG jI qy igAwnI sMq isMG<br />
mskIn dI ieMdOr ivKy iksy smwgm smyN, mu`T ByV ho geI, ijs iv`c<br />
Bwg isMG dw h`Q au~qy irhw[ mskIn jI ny ies dI iSkwieq, Awpxy<br />
ihqU qy v`fy inktvrqI, igAwnI cyq isMG hYf gRMQI "sRI drbwr<br />
swihb AMimRqsr" nUM kIqI, ijnHW dI igAwnI swDU isMG BOrw, "jQydwr<br />
sRI Akwl q^q swihb" nwl fwFI smIpqw sI[ so ienHW dohW swQIAW<br />
ny jQydwr BOrw au~qy dbwA pwieAw ik auh igAwnI Bwg isMG ivru~D<br />
"hukm-nwmw" jwrI krn[ ieauN ieh Bwxw vriqAw[ igAwnI Bwg<br />
isMG dI AMqlI jwn-lyvw bImwrI smyN, mYN aunHW dI (sYktr 37) su`KsWd<br />
pu`Cx igAw, qW aunHW pwsoN mYnUM pihlI vwr pqw l`gw ik<br />
"mskIn" jI ny ikvy plos-plws ky, igAwnI horW pwsoN pusqk ilKy<br />
jwx dI ilKqI mwPI mMgvweI hY[ mYN igAwnI jI nUM sKq pRySwnI qy bybsI<br />
iv`c vyiKAw[ auh "mwPI" dy mskIn jI nUM ilKky id`qy cMd A`KrW<br />
au~qy pCqw rhy sn, Aqy iksy nUM ku`J ilKwauxw cwhuMdy sn[ mYN ies<br />
syvw leI Awpxy Awp nUM pyS kIqw, Aqy iekrwr Anuswr, dUjy idn<br />
svyry aunHW pws pu`j igAw, pr APsos, auh audoN q`k, ieMny by-surq ho<br />
cu`ky sn ik ie`k A`Kr vI mYnUM nw ilKw sky[ dUjy idn, aunHW dI cyqn<br />
s`qw sdw leI aufwrI mwr geI[ so, ieh hY sMKyp iv`c igAwnI Bwg<br />
isMG jI ijhy v`fy jbHy vwly ivdvwn, guris`K, pRcwrk nwl pRySwn-<br />
BrpUr vrqy duKWq dI "s`cI swKI"[<br />
v`loN:- igAwnI surjIq isMG is`K imSnrI mYNbr, Drm pRcwr kmytI,<br />
id`: is: gu: pR: kmytI PwauNfr Aqy pRcwrk, is`K imSnrI kwlj<br />
(rij.) gurmiq lYkcrwr, kQwvwck Aqy lyKk mYNbr- ivSv is`K<br />
kwauNisl, sRI Akwl q^q swihb ipRMsIpl- gurmiq AyjUkySn sYNtr,<br />
id`lI[ imqI: 6/12/97 siqkwr Xog ipR: hirBjn isMG jIau,<br />
vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw, vwihgurU jI kI &qih [ Awp jI dw p`qr<br />
pRwpq ho igAw sI Aqy Awp jI dy iqMn lyK vI nwl n`QI sn[ sB qoN<br />
kImqI cIj jo ies p`qr nwl dws nUM pRwpq hoeI hY, "hukm-nwvy"<br />
proKy, jo vyrvw Awp jI ny iliKAw hY[ kuJ bynqIAW ies pRkwr hn:-<br />
igAwnI Bwg isMG jI vwry Awp jI ny iliKAw hY ik "auh ku`J vyrvw"<br />
dyxw cwhuMdy sn[ pr, aus qoN pihlW gurpur vwsI ho gey[ sMKyp iv`c<br />
auh vyrvw ies pRkwr hY:- id`lI iv`c sR: imlwp isMG jI dy au~dm<br />
nwl, BweI Amr isMG jI AlIgV, vwilAW nwl ieh PYslw hoieAw<br />
ik auh jQydwr swDU isMG BOrw nwl imlky, ieh hukm-nwvW jo mUloN<br />
glq hY, vwps krvw lYxgy[ (iDAwn rhy BweI Amr isMG jI dI<br />
id`lI iv`c trWsport hY) ies vkq auhnW nwl, dws dw vI ivcwr<br />
vtWdrw hoieAw[ auhnW dy l&jW iv`c "mYnUM swrI g`l smJ Aw geI<br />
hY" BOrw jI qW swfy hI au~Qy gRMQI huMdw sI, mYN aus nwl swrI g`l vI<br />
kr leI hY[ b`s igAwnI jI nwl c`lxgy, auh (BOrw swihb) AwpxI<br />
glqI nUM mihsUs krdw hY[ dws qy sR: imlwp isMG jI ny, igAwnI jI<br />
nwl "Akwl q^q swihb" jwxw sI, ies dI iBxk "mskIn swihb"<br />
nUM pY geI[ aunHW vloN, PtwPt igAwnI jI nUM, ie`k ic`TI pu~jI ik mYN<br />
PlwxI qwrIK nUM id`lI stySn qy quhwnUM imlWgw, quhwfI vI mYN itkt<br />
lY r`KI hY, qusIN myry nwl sRI AMimRqsr c`lxw, kMm mukw lvWgy[ aus<br />
vkq igAwnI jI, Swied au~k gey jW swfy nwl myl n bx sikAw[<br />
auh, mskIn swihb dI nvIN cwl dw iSkwr ho gey[ StySn qy cly<br />
gey Aqy mskIn swihb nwl sRI AMimRqsr phuMc gey[ ijs vkq,<br />
swnUM rwqIN pqw l`gw qW swnUM iPkr sI, blik Gbrwht sI ik<br />
mskIn swihb dI ies iv`c Swied koeI cwl n hovy, AwiKr iehI<br />
hoieAw[ igAwnI jI, sRI AMimRqsr swihb qoN vwips pu`jy qW is`Dy<br />
lwjpq ngr, id`lI ivKy, sR: nirMdrjIq isMG dy Gr gey[ dws nUM<br />
vI PUn krky bulwieAw igAw[ qd, ies vfyrI aumr iv`c igAwnI<br />
jI dIAW A`KW iv`c A`QrU sn, kihx l`gy, mskIn jI ny myry nwl<br />
DoKw kIqw hY, hux rwjOrI gwrfn, auh myrI ieMqjwr kr irhw hY,<br />
kihMdw hY, myry nwl Alvr dy smwgm qy c`lo[ au~Qy, sMgqW dy v`fy<br />
iek`T iv`c quhwfy koloN kQw krvwvWgy[<br />
DoKw: igAwnI jI idAW lPjW iv`c, sRI AMimRqsr jWidAW, BOrw jI<br />
pihlW qoN iqAwr bYTw sI[ ie`k pYf qy ku`J tweIp hoieAw sI[ mYN<br />
pVHn l`gw qW myry h`QoN myrI AYnk Q`ly if`g peI[ AsIN swry, sRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb qy bYTy sI[ (cyqy rhy, ieqnI vfyrI aumr iv`c<br />
igAwnI jI dy h`Q kMbdy sn, ijs krky auhnW dy h`QW iv`coN AYnk<br />
if`gI, nzr vI kmzor pY c`ukI sI), BOrw swihb qy mskIn jI dovyN<br />
kihx l`gy, igAwnI jI C`fo AYnk, quhwnUM swfy qy XkIn nhI <br />
PtwPt sweIn kro Aqy dyg krvwau[ ies qrHW igAwnI jI ny ibnW<br />
pVHy auhnW dy pRBwv iv`c Aw ky sweIn kr id`qy[ kVwh pRSwd<br />
krvwieAw qW igAwnI jI kihx l`gy, ilAwau, hux mYN pVH qW lvW[<br />
piVAw qW aus iv`c tweIp kIqw hoieAw sI ik "cOpeI Aqy Ardws"<br />
dy muAwmly iv`c, igAwnI jI ny, muAwPI mMg leI hY[ igAwnI jI ny<br />
d`isAw ik jdoN mYN ieh piVHAw qW myry pYrW hyToN zmIn iKsk geI,<br />
mYN ahnW nUM ikhw, "mskIn" qUM myry nwl DoKw kIqw hY, mYN AwpxI<br />
g`l qy hux vI pUrI qrHW kwiem hW ik "cOpeI Aqy Ardws dI<br />
pihlI pauVI, dSmyS jI dI rcnw nhI"[<br />
Asl iv`c, igAwnI jI iesy krky, mskIn jI nUM, rwjorI gwrfn<br />
C`f ky, aus qoN smW lY ky, lwjpq ngr cly Awey ik mYN ku`J s`jxW<br />
nwl slwh krnI hY[ mYN AwpxI AwKrI aumr iv`c, ies mwPI vwly<br />
JUT iv``c Swml nhIN hoxw cwhuMdw[ ^Yr, dws Aqy sR: nirMdrjIq<br />
isMG, igAwnI jI nwl gurduAwrw rwjorI gwrfn id`lI p`ujy[ A`gy<br />
mskIn swihb, sweIf dy brWfy iv`c ie`k cwrpweI qy bYTy sn[<br />
igAwnI jI boly, mskIn, qUM pihlW myrI p`g lwh ky, myry pYrW iv`c<br />
su`t id`qI, iPr kih id`qw ik mYN qyry isr qy p`g r`K irhw hW[ ies<br />
qrW dy auhnW dy l&z sn, mskIn jI nwl[ mskIn jI ny swfy qy<br />
bhuq zor pwieAw ik igAwnI jI koloN kQw krwvWgw, muAwmlw rPwdPw<br />
ho jwvygw[ TIk jW glq; pr igAwnI jI dy idRV ierwdy kwrn,<br />
swfI vI iehI rwey sI ik jdoN muAwPI mMgI hI nhIN, qW sMgqW nUM DoKy<br />
nwl ku`J hor d`sxw, "gurU pwqSwh" dy siqkwr dy ivr`uD hY[ jdoN<br />
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igAwnI jI ny p`kI qrHW kih id`qw ik "myrw PYslw, cOpeI Aqy<br />
Ardws dI pihlI pauVI bwry auhI hY"[ so igAwnI jI ny, mskIn<br />
nwl, ies JUTy FMg iv`c Alvr jwx qoN sw& ienkwr kr id`qw, qW<br />
mskIn swihb AwpxI kwr iv`c bYTky Alvr cly gey[<br />
ies swrI g`lbwq dy dOrwn, igAwnI jI dy A~QrU nhIN sn rukdy[<br />
gAwnI jI dy ivr`uD, hukm-nwmy vwry kwPI ikMqU-pRMqU v`D cu`kI sI[<br />
Bwrq Br iv`coN hI 1000 qoN v`D ic`TIAW, ies PYsly ivru`D jw<br />
cu`kIAW sn[ mskIn jI rwhIN ies nUM jwrI krvwx vwsqy pVdy ipClI<br />
g`l vI, mskIn jI dy siqkwr qy hwvI ho rhI sI Aqy auhnW nUM vI<br />
jgh jgh jvwb dyxw muSkl ho irhw sI[<br />
iv`Q vDI ik`QoN:- igAwnI jI, ieMdOr dy pRogrwm qy sn Aqy mskIn jI<br />
vI au~Qy hI pRogrwm kr rhy sn[ mskIn jI ny AwpxI Awdq muqwibk<br />
ie`k jgHw qy ikhw, "AKMfpwT" gurmiq Anuswr nhIN[ dUjI jgHw qy<br />
v`D "AKMfpwT" r`Ky hoey sn, auhnW nUM gurmiq Anuswr d`s id`qw[<br />
iksy jgHw qy igAwnI jI ny, ausdI ies dorMgI kQw vwry izkr kIqw,<br />
qW igAwnI jI Aqy mskIn swihb iv`c QoVHI iK`cwqwxI hoeI[ ies<br />
Gtnw bwry, igAwnI jI ny Awp id`lI iv`c dws nwl izkr kIqw sI[<br />
pusqk "dsm gRMQ inrxY" auhnI idnIN, igAwnI jI ny ilKI qy<br />
pRkwiSq kIqI hoeI sI[ mskIn jI ny, rwjorI gwrfn gurduAwry kuJ<br />
idn kQw kIqI qW "dsm gRMQ" ivclI k`cI bwxI iv`coN ku`J imswlW<br />
vrqIAW[ id`lI iv`c nOjvwnW dI ies p`KoN iqAwrI qW sI; pr ies<br />
aumr iv`c joS v`D huMdw hY Aqy dUrdirStqw G`t[ ku`J nOjuAwnW ny,<br />
mskIn swihb nwl bihs kIqI ik jo pRmwx auhnW vrqy hn, auh<br />
dSmyS jI dI rcnW nhIN[ mskIn jI dw au~qr h`T vwlw Aqy Awpxy<br />
Awp nUM TIk d`sx vwlw sI, hwlW ik sbMDq nOjuAwn mUloN TIk sn[<br />
dUjy idn, auhnW ny, "dsm gRMQ" iv`coN ku`J rcnW Cpvw ky sMgqW iv`c<br />
vMf id`qI Aqy mskIn swihb nUM bynqI kIqI ik jy kr auh TIk hn<br />
qW ieSiqhwr iv`c id`qI, "dsm gRMQ" ivclI rcnw dI kQw sMgqW<br />
iv`c krn[ mskIn jI ny, ies iv`c AwpxI byie`zqI smJI[ Awpxy<br />
Asr-rsUK dw &wiedw auTw ky auhnW, igAwnI cyq isMG qy BOrw<br />
swihb nUM vriqAw Aqy BVkwieAw ik igAwnI jI ny Awpxy guMifAW<br />
koloN, myrI byie`zqI krvweI hY[ ies qrHW ieh Kyf A`gy qurI[ jdoN ik<br />
ie`k ivdvwn hox dy nwqy, mskIn jI dw ieh Prz bxdw sI ik ieh<br />
Gtnw igAwnI jI dy noits iv`c ilAwauNdy, ikauNik ie`k qW igAwnI<br />
jI nUM ies vwry ku`J pqw nhIN sI, dUjw auh nOjvwn vI guMfy nhIN sn,<br />
ies g`l nUM mskIn jI vI cMgI qrW jwxdy sn[ vYsy vI, ijs nUM<br />
igAwnI jI dw "muAwPInwmW" d`isAw igAw, auh kyvl, ie`k "Akwl<br />
q^q swihb" dy pYf qy sI, ijs aupr nw koeI AYNtrI nMbr, Aqy nw<br />
hI "sRI Akwl q^q swihb" dI mohr sI[ igAwnI jI Awpxy PYsly qoN<br />
AMqm smyN qIk Aif`g sn[<br />
pMQ dw dws, surjIq isMG<br />
*****<br />
is`KW nUM isENk-fyrydwr swD!<br />
-gurBjn isMG (lwielpurI) is`K ivcwr mMc<br />
sMq Sbd, bVw piv`qr Sbd hY[ pr PrybI purSW ny iesnUM<br />
Awpxy nW nwl joV ky AnrQ kr id`qw hY[ ivigAwnk qr`kI<br />
dy bwvjUd, swfw Drm bwry nzrIAw auhI bx igAw hY, jo keI<br />
hzwr swl pihlW, bRwhmxW ny pRcwirAw sI[ AsIN hux vI<br />
XkIn r`Kdy hW ik swfy swry du`K qy pRySwnIAW, ipCly jnm iv`c<br />
kIqy iksy mwVy krmW dw hI is`tw hn[ swfw ivcwr bx cu`ikAw<br />
hY ik Asl KuSI qd hI iml skygI, jy AsIN sMswrk DMiDAW<br />
qy gRihsq nUM C`f ky, ivhlV rih ky kyvl rwm nwm jpdy<br />
rhIey[ ies kwrn hI AsIN, Awpxy sMswrk PrzW nUM C`f dyNdy<br />
hW Aqy iesdw lwB lotU iksm dy pwKMfI lok lY lYNdy hn[ gurU<br />
swihbwn ny qW swnUM ivhlV lokW dI lu`t Ksu`t (exploitation)<br />
qoN bcwaux leI nwm jpx qoN pihlW ikrq krn dw hukm kIqw<br />
sI[ aunHW ny qW swDW nUM phwVW qy jMglW iv`c jw ky aupdyS id`qy<br />
sI ik ikrq qoN nw B`jo Aqy smwj iv`c syvw kro ikauNik<br />
ivhlV jIvn qW isRStI auqy Bwr hY Aqy mukqI dw rwh qW<br />
gRihsq jIvn iv`c hsMidAW qy KylMidAW h`QIN kwr krnw hY[<br />
bRwhmxI krm kWfW ny swnUM kMm cor qy vihmI bxw id`qw hY[<br />
swfI ies kmzorI nUM clwk, svwrQI qy pKMfI ivhlVW Aqy<br />
Dwrimk SklW vwly lokW ny BWp ilAw hY Aqy ienHW PrybIAW ny<br />
Awpxy Awp nUM sMq-bwby-bRhm igAwnI-pRcwrk d`s ky, lokweI<br />
nUM AwriQk, Dwrimk qy mwnisk qOr ‘qy KUb lu`itAw hY[<br />
gurmiq nUM Bulw dyx kwrn, AsIN AwpxI ividAw qy Akl nUM<br />
Bulw ky, ienHW jokW dy pYrW auqy if`g pYNdy hW ikauNik swfI<br />
byAklI swnUM kihMdI hY ik swfy du`KW qy mwnisk pIVHW nUM ieh<br />
T`g hI dUr kr skdy hn[ is`K ieh nhIN jwxdy ik kwqlW qy<br />
lutyirAW nwloN ieh swD, v`D Kqrnwk huMdy hn ikauNik ieh<br />
swD qW bRwhmxvwd vWg mnu`K dI Awqmw qy mwnisk SkqI nUM<br />
hI brbwd kr dyNdy hn[ qrzW nwl gIq gwaux vwly qy styzW<br />
auqy BwSx dyx vwilAW dw Jwkw lih jWdw hY qy auh sroiqAW dy<br />
hwv Bwv nUM smJx l`g jWdy hn Aqy lokW nUM Brmwaux dI jWc<br />
AweI huMdI hY[ b`s, loV rih jWdI hY hwrmonIAm vwjy dI, ijs<br />
rwhIN pu`TIAW DwrnwvW nwl kIrqn krnw qy mnoklpq Aqy<br />
pMfqW dIAW imiQhwsk GVIAW GVweIAW swKIAW suxweIAW jw<br />
skx[ jy koeI kMm cor qy pwKMfI kIrqn krnw jW imiQhwsk<br />
kQwvW nw suxw skdw hovy qW auh Awpxy Awp iksy gurU swihb,<br />
pUrn gurmuK isMG sUrmy jW ShId dI AMs d`s ky, fyrw sQwpq<br />
kr lYNdw hY qy koeI sMprdwie KVI kr lYNdw hY[ pKMfI fyrydwr<br />
swDW dw ip`Cw ProlIey qW swrw pKMf aujwgr ho jweygw[ koeI<br />
qW Gr bwr vyc ky, koeI hor ik`qw nw Apnw skx qy koeI<br />
AprwD krky B`ijAw hoieAw inklygw[ smyN dI srkwr ienHW<br />
dI ip`T pUrdI hY[ by-Akl jnqw koloN l`KW rupY slwnw lu`t ky<br />
vI, ikhVw fyrydwr swD ienkm tYks jW dOlq tYks dyNdw hY<br />
eys krky hI koeI vI AKOqI is`K swD, is`KW dy h`kI sMGrSW<br />
iv`c ih`sw nhIN lYNdw, sgoN vzIrW rwhIN srkwr nwl juiVAw<br />
rihMdw hY Aqy srkwrW dy ieSwry auqy n`cidAW is`KW nUM Dwrimk<br />
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qy rwjnIqk qOr ‘qy srkwr nwl joVn dw kMm krdw hY[<br />
srkwrW, sdw hI cwhuMdIAW huMdIAW hn ik prjw AMnHy vwh<br />
srkwrI pwilsIAW v`l JukI rhy Aqy iksy qrHW krWqIkwrI gurU<br />
swihbwn qy prm mnu`KW dy d`sy Dwrimk, smwjk qy rwjsI gwfI<br />
rwhW auqy nw c`l sky[ ies qrHW srkwrW vloN lu`t Ksu`t cldI<br />
rihMdI hY[<br />
dUroN, ie`k swfw vI sMbMDI hY[ AMgryzI qy aurdU piVHAw hoieAw<br />
sI[ AOlwd nwlwiek sI[ ies leI Awpxy ih`sy dI zmIn vyc ky<br />
cMfIgVH dukwn pw leI[ auh vI ivk geI[ itMf PUhVI cu`k ky<br />
id`lI jw viVAw[ ie`k vzIr rwhIN kuJ zmIn m`l leI[ lMby<br />
islkI coly qy gol p`g ny ieMdrw gWDI nwl joV id`qw[ vwryinAwry<br />
ho gey, v`fw AwSrm bx igAw, gweIAW dI fyArI bx<br />
geI qy vzIrW Aqy mUrKW dI BIV l`gx l`g geI[ KUb kmweI<br />
kIqI[ pr, ihMdUvwd nhIN dyKdw ik AwdmI srkwrI hY jW<br />
DrmI[ nvMbr 1984 dy G`lUGwry iv`c, ieh vI kwbU Aw igAw[<br />
syvkW dI DwV kwrn, jwnI nukswn qW nw hoieAw pr AwSrm<br />
lu`itAw igAw[ bRwhmxvwdI srkwr ny r`j ky muAwvzw id`qw qW<br />
swrw t`br AmrIkw jw visAw[<br />
is`K smwj iv`c AijhIAW hzwrW hI imswlW hn[ izMdgI qoN<br />
BgOVy qy ivhlV Xwr, ienHW swDW dy fyirAW iv`c vV jWdy hn,<br />
ijQy ieh Awm is`K jgq nUM bu`DU bxwaux dy gur is`Kdy hn[<br />
isKlweI lYx mgroN, iksy hor mUrK ielwky iv`c aukq fyirAW dI<br />
nvIN brWc Kohl lYNdy hn[ kuJ smyN ip`CoN AwpxI svY-mwlkI<br />
(Sole proprietorsship) sQwpq kr lYNdy hn Aqy Awp kuJ<br />
qnKwhdwr cyilAW rwhIN Boly lokW nUM mu`Cx dw DMdw clw lYNdy<br />
hn[ hr swD pRcwr krdw hY ik ausnUM mwieAw nwl moh nhIN,<br />
pr vwsqv iv`c, isAwxy iSkwrI vWg, ausdI bwz nzr hr<br />
vkq AmIr mnu`K dI dOlq jW iksy suMdrI auqy itkI rihMdI hY[<br />
ausnUM inSwnw hwisl krnw AOKw nhIN, ikauNik Bolw syvk qW<br />
pihlW hI vs kIqw huMdw hY[ pqw qW aus vyly hI lgdw hY jdoN<br />
Acncyq hI prdw cu`ikAw jwvy jW fyry dy AMdr hI ‘mwl’ kwrn<br />
r`swkSI ho jwvy[<br />
ie`k fyrw hY<br />
1 , ijQy mShUr hY ik cVHwvw nkdI jW GrylU smwn<br />
jW jyvr Awid dI Skl iv`c nhIN cVH skdw[ fyry auqy keI<br />
‘cyilAW’ (sMqW) dw kbzw hY[ keI swl pihlW, ruk ruk ky<br />
ih`sydwrW iv`c golI vI cldI rihMdI sI[ ie`k ih`sydwr ny mYnUM<br />
d`isAw ik “golI qW mwl vMfx ‘qy cldI hY ikauNik dUsry<br />
ih`sydwr dy syvk, cVHwvy dy jyvr qy hor mwl lY jWdy hn qy AsIN<br />
Koh lYNdy hW[ v`fy sMqW qy swnUM iqMnW nUM hI cVHwvy dw pqw huMdw<br />
hY[” hor g`lW vI d`sIAW jo Polx dI loV nhIN[<br />
eysy qrHW ie`k soFI hrI Avqwr isMG huMdw sI[ sohxw k`d kwT<br />
vwlw sun`Kw jvwn sI[ auh iek`lw hI AKMf pwT dw Bog pwauNdw<br />
huMdw sI[ AOrqW auqy qW jwdU hI kr idMdw sI[ mhIny ku ip`CoN<br />
auh hor QW clw igAw[ nwl hI ausdy swQI vI cly gey[ mgroN<br />
pqw l`gw ik ie`k DnwF AwVqI dI by-AOlwd pr sun`KI nUMh vI<br />
nhIN l`BdI Aqy nw hI nkdI qy jyvr l`Bdy hn[ bVI qlwS<br />
ip`CoN, auh AOrq qW hYdrwbwd qoN l`B geI, pr mwl m`dw nw<br />
imilAw[<br />
ieh dMBI swD, BoilAW aupwSkW nUM Brmwaux leI bVy pwpV<br />
vyldy hn qW jo nvyN aupwSkW nUM gYbI SkqI idKw ky kwbU kIqw<br />
jw sky[ iek swD Awpxy aupwSkW nUM ivAwiKAwn kr irhw sI<br />
ik ie`kdm lwl pIlw ho ky KVw ho igAw Aqy sMgq iv`c bYTy<br />
ie`k AwdmI nUM kVk ky ikhw ik POrn bwhr in`kl jwvy<br />
ikauNik auh mMdI Bwvnw nwl Aw ky bYTw hY[ auh syvk KVHw ho<br />
igAw qy h`Q joV ky AprwD mMn ky muAwPI mMgx l`gw[ BwvyN ik<br />
ieh ie`k KVXMqr sI ikauNik auh AwdmI qW fyry nwl hI sMbMD<br />
r`Kdw sI, pr sMgq iv`c swD dI rUhwnI SkqI dw is`kw jMm<br />
igAw[<br />
ie`k hor nvW swD pRgt hoieAw hY, guMmtI vwlw[ ijlHw biTMfw<br />
iv`c ipMf pYNdw hY[ AwdmI dI aumr qW coKI hY pr ausnUM hux<br />
pqw l`gw ik is`K kOm iv`c v`fI igxqI mUrKW, vihmIAW qy<br />
bRwhmxI ivcwrDwrw vwilAW dI hY[ ausnUM iksy ny d`s id`qw ik<br />
is`K kOm, jQydwr jrnYl isMG iBMfrWvwly dI bVI aupwSk hY qy<br />
cwhuMdI hY ik aus ijhw Syr mrd AgvweI kry[ ausnUM ieh vI<br />
pqw l`g igAw ik AjokI dmdmI tkswl (cONk mihqw) Aqy<br />
Syr mrd dw rofy pirvwr, hux q`k swzSI FMg nwl, aunHW dw<br />
ShId hoxw nhIN mMndw, BwvyN ik Aijhw bRwhmxI swmrwj dIAW<br />
eyjMsIAW kwrn hI hY[ ies ‘sMq bwbw guMmtI’ ny Awpxy vWg<br />
swrI kOm nUM byvkUP is`D krn leI, Biv`K bwxIAW dy kYst<br />
Brvw ky vycxy SurU kr id`qy hn, jo hzwrW dI igxqI iv`c<br />
AmrIkw qy kYnyfw iv`c ivk rhy hn[ auh ieh vI pRcwr krdw<br />
hY ik gurU goibMd isMG jI qW roz hI aus kol AwauNdy hn Aqy<br />
vwrqwlwp krdy hn[ dsMbr 96 iv`c kuJ vihmI vkIl aus<br />
kol gey qW ausny d`isAw ik gurU jI qW huxy Aw ky gey hn[<br />
‘bwby ny ieh vI d`isAw ik FweI mhIny q`k sMq iBMfrWvwly<br />
ic`ty GoVy auqy cVHky, BwrI POj nwl pMjwb Awaux vwly hn[<br />
APsos hY, ienHW pVHy ilKy vkIlW dI Akl auqy[ auh cMgI qrHW<br />
jwxdy hn ik sMq iBMfrWvwly qW jUn 1984 iv`c hI ShId ho<br />
cu`ky sn[ pr vihm Aqy eImwn dI kmzorI kwrn ‘bwbw<br />
guMmtI’ dI cwl iv`c Aw gey hn[ ivcwrI AnpVH is`K pyNfU<br />
jnqw qW kwbU krnI AOKI nhIN[<br />
ienHW swDW iv`c koeI gYbI SkqI nhIN huMdI[ ienHW dI<br />
kwblIAq ies g`l iv`c hI hY ik ieh l`Cydwr SbdW nwl, jn<br />
sDwrn dI mwnisk AvsQw auqy Asr pw lYNdy hn[ aunHW ny<br />
hmySW kihxw hY ik jn swDwrn dy swry kSt qy pRySwnIAW dUr<br />
ho jwxgIAW, jy hr roz jW spqwihk bYTk iv`c Aw ky Swml<br />
huMdy rihx[ mwnisk qOr ‘qy iqAwr krn leI iksy quk jW<br />
Sbd nUM roz pVHn leI kih dyxgy[ jn swDwrn, swry qrk qy<br />
ivigAwnk socxI C`f dyNdw hY[<br />
muSikl hY ik AsIN, gurU swihbwn dy d`sy gwfI rwh nUM C`f<br />
id`qw hY Aqy bRwhmxvwd dI aupj swD mMflI nUM gurUAW dI QW<br />
dy id`qI hY[ ieh swD, pMQ dI pRvwxq ‘is`K rihq<br />
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mirXwdw’ qoN sMgq nUM bymuK kr rhy hn[ kdI mws bwry SMkw<br />
KVw kr dyNdy hn qy kdI rwgmwlw bwry[ hux qW ienHW, gurU dy<br />
doKIAW ny AwpxI XUnIAn (sMq smwj) vI bxw leI hY[<br />
pulItIkl pwrtI vI bxw leI hY[ Awpxy is`KW (auh gurU ky is`K<br />
qW rhy hI nhIN) nUM Brmw ky, smyN dI swmrwjI SkqI nwl joVn<br />
dw hr auprwlw kr rhy hn qy ies koJy kMm iv`c kwPI sPl vI<br />
ho gey hn[ ieh gurmiq dI AwV iv`c mnmiq dw pRcwr krdy<br />
hn ikauNik ienHW dw mUl sroq, ihMdU smwj dIAW imiQhwisk<br />
pusqkW qy mnGVq purwixk swKIAW huMdw hY, ijnHW rwhIN jn<br />
swDwrn dI lhU psIny dI kmweI nUM ienHW ivhlVW dIAW golkW<br />
iv`c iljwx dy nusKy iml jWdy hn[ ienHW pusqkW dy ilKwrIAW<br />
nUM, aus smyN pVHn jW ilKx dw lweIsYNs sI[ aunHW ilKwrIAW ny<br />
AwpxI lotU SRyxI dy AMq kwl q`k, iesdI rotI rozI dI vsIly<br />
pYdw kr id`qy sn[<br />
ihMdU swDW qy is`KI Skl vwly bihrUpIey swDW ny gurU nwnk-gurU<br />
goibMd isMG dI ikrqI, AxKI qy Drm leI jwnW vwrn vwlI kOm<br />
nUM srkwrI swizS ADIn guMmrwh krky, iesdI Swh rg nUM h`Q<br />
pwieAw hoieAw hY pr gurU ky q^q swihbwn dy srbrwh, SRomxI<br />
gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI dy TykydwrW, Drm pRcwr kmytI, dmdmI<br />
tkswl qy is`K ivdvwn, koeI iDAwn nhIN dy rhy sgoN SRomxI<br />
pMjwbI dl leI votW hwsl krn leI, BIK mMgdy iPrdy hn[<br />
muSikl hY ik AsIN, gurU swihbwn dy d`sy gwfI rwh nUM C`f id`qw<br />
hY Aqy bRwhmxvwd dI aupj swD mMflI nUM gurUAW dI QW dy id`qI<br />
hY[ ieh swD, pMQ dI pRvwxq ‘is`K rihq mirXwdw’ qoN sMgq nUM<br />
bymuK kr rhy hn[ kdI mws bwry SMkw KVw kr dyNdy hn qy kdI<br />
rwgmwlw bwry[ hux qW ienHW, gurU dy doKIAW ny AwpxI XUnIAn<br />
(sMq smwj) vI bxw leI hY[ pulItIkl pwrtI vI bxw leI hY[<br />
Awpxy is`KW (auh gurU ky is`K qW rhy hI nhIN) nUM Brmw ky, smyN<br />
dI swmrwjI SkqI nwl joVn dw hr auprwlw kr rhy hn qy<br />
ies koJy kMm iv`c kwPI sPl vI ho gey hn[ ieh gurmiq dI<br />
AwV iv`c mnmiq dw pRcwr krdy hn ikauNik ienHW dw mUl<br />
sroq, ihMdU smwj dIAW imiQhwisk pusqkW qy mnGVq purwixk<br />
swKIAW huMdw hY, ijnHW rwhIN jn swDwrn dI lhU psIny dI<br />
kmweI nUM ienHW ivhlVW dIAW golkW iv`c iljwx dy nusKy iml<br />
jWdy hn[ ienHW pusqkW dy ilKwrIAW nUM, aus smyN pVHn jW<br />
ilKx dw lweIsYNs sI[ aunHW ilKwrIAW ny AwpxI lotU SRyxI dy<br />
AMq kwl q`k, iesdI rotI rozI dI vsIly pYdw kr id`qy sn[<br />
is`K kOm dw bhuq v`fw ih`sw, bYNkW dw krzweI hY Aqy rotI tu`k<br />
jogw hI rih igAw hY, pr ivhlV swD qW AwDuink iksm dIAW<br />
kwrW, AwlISwn fyirAW, m^mlI gdYilAW qy hr iksm dy nvIn<br />
iksm dy smwn nwl AYS kr irhw hY[ Awm is`K kol swDn nhIN<br />
ik gurmiq iltrycr pVH sky Aqy SRomxI kmytI pws eynI ivhl<br />
nhIN ik ipMfW iv`c iltrycr G`l sky jW pRcwrk G`l sky,<br />
ikauNik ieh qW kyvl pulItIkl cwlW Kyfx iv`c hI ru`JI rihMdI<br />
hY[ ies hI kmI dw lwB lYx leI, swDW dI sRyxI mzbUq huMdI jw<br />
rhI hY[ A`j loV hY, Kwlsy nUM inAwrw hox dI[ jy kOm dy drdI,<br />
Drm auqy rwjnIqI nUM l`d gey qW gurU ky is`K gwieb ho jwxgy<br />
Aqy dMBI swDW dy is`K hI imilAw krngy[ vwihgurU, kOm dy<br />
kursI XoiDAW nUM sum``q bKSy[<br />
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sfDF vloN gurU Kflsf qy hmlf<br />
srbjoq isMG svwdI, sYn hojLy<br />
iek vfr myry dosq ny hfsy ivc gl kridaF ikhf sI ik koeI<br />
awj kl trwk jf tYksI pfAux dI gwl krdf hY, mYN qF do iqn<br />
sMq pf lYxy hn. icwty coly pvf ky vwK-vwK QfvF qy ibTf dyxy<br />
hn, koeI isr drdI nhI. iesy qrF isK gurdvfrf sfihb<br />
sYnhojLy (kYlyPornIaF) ivc iek sMq ny mYnUM ikhf sI, svwdI<br />
sfihb aYvyN qusI idn rfq trwk clfeI jFdy ho, vyco pry trwk<br />
nUM, mYnUM iswKF dI sMGxI abfdI vfly sLihr ivc Cotf motf zyrf<br />
bxf ky dyvo iek lwK zflr dI grOs krfvFgf.<br />
ieh qF hn hfsy mKOl vflIaF glF pr sfnMU ieho ijhIaF gwlF<br />
bfry bhuq hI sMjIdf ZMg nfl socxf pvygf, ikAuNik ijs<br />
rPqfr nfl hr rojL sfD pYdf ho rhy hn, ieh sB Kflsf pMQ<br />
dI ajLfd hsqI leI Kqrnfk sfbq hoxgy. isKF df<br />
avyslfpx, isKF vloN sRI gurU grMQ sihb nMU afp nF pVHnF,<br />
isKF ivc vD rhy kMn rs dy ruJfn df ieh sMq njLfiejL Piedf<br />
AuTf rhy hn. kMn rs df qF isKF ivc ienF ruJfn pYdf ho irhf<br />
hY ik jd vI isK gurdvfrf sihb ivc afANdy hn gurU grMQ<br />
sihb nUM mwQf tyikaf, kQf kIrqn suxI smfpqI qoN bfad iehI<br />
suxIdf hY bhuq vDIaf beI bhuq vDIaf. aglI vfr iPr koeI<br />
nvF sMq jF kQf kIrqnIaf afANdf hY. Auh cfr totky suxf ky<br />
clf jFdf hY. isK iehI iPr kih idMdy hn bhuq vDIaf beI<br />
bhuq vDIaf. pr jykr awDy GMty bfad iksy nMU puwC ilaf jfvy<br />
Aus ny ikhf kI sI. kI eyh sB kuJ gurmwq dy anukUl sI, iksy<br />
nMU kuJ pqf nhI huMdF. hflF ik gurU sfihb ny sLpwsLt ikhf hY.<br />
"siqgur no sB ko dyKdf jyqf jgq sMsfr izTy mukq nF hovhI<br />
ijcr sLbd nf kry vIcfr" kMn rs vflI isKF dI bdiksmqI<br />
kfrn ienF sMqF nMU pMQ ivroDI sLkqIaF afey idn mfrkIt ivc<br />
ilaf rhIaF hn. ijs vI sMq ny mfrkIt ivc pRgt hoxf huMdf<br />
hY Auh kuJ smf pihlF mfrkIt ivc vwzI pwDr qy afzIE,<br />
vIzIE vgYrf ilafAuNdf hY. jdoN sMqF nMU ieh pqf lwg jFdf hY<br />
ik hux Auh vIzIE iswKF dy kMn rs df isLMgfr bx geIaF hn,<br />
iPr Auh sMq Kud mfrkIt ivc af jLFdf hY aqy isKF dI vwzy<br />
pwDr qy luwt Ksut krky aqy bIbIaF df srIrk sLosLx krky jF<br />
qF alop ho jFdf hY jF iPr afsLUqosL jF Binafrf vflf bx ky<br />
bYT jFdf hY.<br />
asIN afpxy lyKF rfhIN smy smy isr isK sMgq nMU sucyq krdy<br />
afey hF. pr hr vfrI sfDF dy bxy cyly isKF dy ivroD df sfnMU<br />
sfhmxf krnf ipaf. pr smf pf ky AunHF sLMqF dIaF kflIaF<br />
krqUqF jwg jLfhr hoeIaF, awj gwl krn lwgy hF Aus mMuzU ijhy<br />
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sfD dI ijhVf awj kl mfrkIt ivc afieaf hY aqy pihlF ies<br />
ny vwzI pwDr qy ivdysLF ivc vIzIE ByjIaF sn aqy hux afp af<br />
igaf hY. iswKF dy kMn rs dI afdq kfrn ies sfD dIaF kYistF<br />
suxn qoN bfad ies dy afly-duafly BfrI iekwT hox dI sMBfvnf<br />
hY. ieh sB dyhDfrI gurU zMm df hI pRcfr hY. sMgrUr ijly nfl<br />
sbMDq do muMzU ijhy ieh sfD, brnflf aqy ZINzsf DVy nfl<br />
sbMDq hn. ienHF sfDF dI bdmfsLI dIaF KbrF pMjfb dy<br />
aKbfrF ivc Cp cukIaF hn. ienF ivcoN iewk sfD dy Bory ivcoN<br />
pMjfb puils ny ieqrfjLXog hflq ivc bIbIaF nMU PV ky kys<br />
drjL kIqf sI. Aus qoN bfad Eh sMq qF mfrkIt ivcoN alop ho<br />
igaf pr ieh hux srgrm hY. afKr ieh vI isK sMgq nMU cUnf<br />
lf ky Prfr ho jfvygf jF iPr dyhDfrI gurU zMm bx jfvygf.<br />
Kflsf jI, isK Drm ivc sMq df sMklp hY hI nhI, isK Drm<br />
ivc BfeI aqy bfbf df hI sMklp hY. gurU sihb ny sMq sLbd<br />
akfl purK leI vriqaf hY. muwKvfk anusfr ‘Bfg hoaf gur<br />
sMq imlfieaf’ pr awj ieh lok afpny nfvF awgy sMq lgf ky<br />
isK sMgq ivc Brm BulyKf pYdf kr rhY hn aqy ieh sB kuJ<br />
jfx buJ ky sfihb sRI gurU gMRQ sfihb dI gur gwdI aqy sLbd<br />
gurU isLDFq nMU cYlMj hY aqy gurU Kflsf qy isDf hmlf hY. sfzI<br />
smUh pMQk jQybMdIaF aqy pMQk soc dy DfrnI gurU nfnk nfm<br />
lyvf gur isKf nMU apIl hY ik ies "bglf brgyz" rfhIN Kflsf<br />
pMQ dI ajLfd hsqI nMU Kqm kIqf jf irhf hY. ies nMU rokx leI<br />
kuJ krIaY, sfzI smUh gurdvfrf sfihb kmytIaF nUM apIl hY<br />
ik ijhVf aKOqI sMq, kQf vfck, rfgI, ZfzI, gurmuwq dy Ault<br />
gwl krdf hY jF iPr bRfhmxvfdI mnGVq khfxIaF suxfAudF hY<br />
Aus nMU styjL qoN smF nF idwqf jfey, iehI isKI dI syvf hovygI,<br />
nhI qF afAux vflIaF pIVHIaF sfnUM mfP nhI krngIaF.<br />
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siqguru pws bynMnqIAwN<br />
nwnk pwqSwih qyry hI Kwlsy ny,<br />
ault pult kIqw Aj sMdyS qyrw<br />
Kwls krn nUM lgIAwN koeI FweI sdIAW,<br />
dl dl ivc iPr isK pRvyS qyrw<br />
pihnxw auh qYN KuSI KuAwr disAw,<br />
qn nU pIV hovy mn ivkwr cly<br />
bwxI smJy ibn bwxw prDwn kihNdy,<br />
T`gI JUT ibnw nhI kwrobwr cly<br />
r`b sq hY qy nwm sc ausdw,<br />
rihxI sq sMqoK dI Bwvy asnMU<br />
glqI nhIN CfxI puqly glqI dy hW,<br />
suBw kwhlI kwhlI jpjI suxwvy ausnMU<br />
nwm jpxW qy bwxI dI syD qurnw,<br />
ieh pMQ hY ibrly iksy Kwlsw jI<br />
bhuqy pw bwxw drSnI isMG iPrdy,<br />
mQy tykx Ardws DMn lwlsw dI<br />
AKMf pwT huMdw inkI koTVI ivc,<br />
bwxI sunx qy smJx dI loV koeI nhI<br />
Bojn nwnw pRkwr dw bxy lMgr,<br />
inMdw cuglI dI CkidAW hoV koeI nhI<br />
AKMf pwT pUjw pMj sO gRMQIAW dI,<br />
Bytw iekbMjw dy golk BrpUr smJx<br />
suKxw hoeI pUrI r`b dw Bwr l`Qw,<br />
Krcw lMgr dw hoieAw grUr smJx<br />
pwT kMdwN dy leI, lMgr rijAW dy leI,<br />
suKxw isK dI lhI hoeI kmwl hr jI<br />
bwxI kMnI nhIN peI, kmweI myhn`q dI geI,<br />
KIsy vyhlVW dy peI hoeI hlwl hr jI<br />
isKI KyqI leI vwV qyrI Kwlsw sI,<br />
vwV isKI nU Kud Aj Kw rhI AY<br />
bwhroN p`t idsdI AMdroN JUT gudV,<br />
JUTI isKI ieh cyhrw idKw rhI AY<br />
jykr AWvyN qW mslw TIk ho jwau,<br />
nwly r`j r`j qyrw dIdwr krIey<br />
mumikn Awauxw nhI qyrw Kihrw nUM jugq dsdy,<br />
qyry Kwlsy dw ikvyN suDwr krIey<br />
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